Reframing Devotion in the Later Cinquecento: The Madonna di Mongiovino and Catholic Reform

The proliferation of miracle-working images in Italy from the end of the fifteenth century on has been well documented, as has the concomitant emergence of the sanctuary church. Less attention, however, has been given to the fortune of these sites in the later sixteenth century, when the zeal they i...

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Main Author: Caldwell, Dorigen (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2024
In: The sixteenth century journal
Year: 2024, Volume: 55, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 243-279
IxTheo Classification:CB Christian life; spirituality
CD Christianity and Culture
CE Christian art
KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance
KBJ Italy
KCD Hagiography; saints
KDB Roman Catholic Church
NBJ Mariology
RB Church office; congregation
Further subjects:B Superstition
B Miracles
B 16th century Catholic Church history
B Saints
B Catholic Church
B Devotion
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