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Bambini santi : rappresentazioni dell'infanzia e modelli agiografici
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ISBN: 8870113965 9788870113969 Year: 1991 Volume: 5 Publisher: Torino: Rosenberg & Sellier,

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Infanzia e santità : un difficile incontro alle origini del cristianesimo
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ISBN: 9788833137223 8833137228 Year: 2020 Volume: 7 Publisher: Roma : Viella,


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Liber miraculorum sancte Fidis : il racconto dei prodigi di una santa bambina
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ISBN: 9788884503695 8884503698 Year: 2010 Volume: 25 Publisher: Firenze : Edizioni del Galluzzo,

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Liber miraculorum Sanctae Fidis 1094-1994.
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ISBN: 2950825605 Year: 1994 Publisher: Sélestat Amis de la Bibliothèque humaniste de Sélestat

Martyrdom, murder, and magic : child saints and their cults in Medieval Europe
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ISSN: 10746749 ISBN: 0820427640 9780820427645 Year: 2008 Volume: vol. 2. Publisher: New York Washington, DC Baltimore Bern : Peter Lang,

The book of Sainte Foy
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ISBN: 0812215125 0812232836 9786613210999 1283210991 0812200527 0585172269 9780812215120 Year: 1995 Publisher: Philadelphia : ©1995 University of Pennsylvania Press,

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The miracle stories surrounding Sainte Foy form one of the most complete sets of material relating to a medieval saint's cult and its practices. Pamela Sheingorn's superb translation from the Medieval Latin texts now makes this literature available in English. The Book of Sainte Foy recounts the virgin saint's martyrdom in the third century (Passio), the theft of her relics in the late ninth century by the monks of the monastery at Conques (Translatio), and her diverse miracles (Liber miraculorum); also included is a rendering of the Provençal Chanson de Sainte Foy, translated by Robert L. A. Clark. The miracles distinguish Sainte Foy as an unusual and highly individualistic child saint displaying a fondness for gold and pretty things, as well as a penchant for playing practical jokes on her worshippers. In his record of Sainte Foy, Bernard of Angers, the eleventh-century author of the first parts of the Liber miraculorum, emphasized the saint's "unheard of" miracles, such as replacing missing body parts and bringing dead animals back to life. The introduction to the volume situates Sainte Foy in the history in the history of hagiography and places the saint and her monastery in the social context of the high Middle Ages. Sheingorn also evokes the rugged landscape of south central France, the picturesque village of Conques on the pilgrimage road, and, most important, the golden, jewel-encrusted reliquary statue that medieval believers saw as the embodiment of Sainte Foy's miracle-working power. In no other book will readers enjoy such a comprehensive portrait of Sainte Foy and the culture that nurtured her.

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