Article – M. Papasidero, G. Vissio, Collective Memory and Sanctity: the case of Equivalent Canonization
M. Papasidero, G. Vissio, Collective Memory and Sanctity: the case of Equivalent Canonization, in “Rivista di Storia e Letteratura religiosa”, 58/1 (2022), pp. 119-137. (link)
Abstract
The paper aims to examine the case of ‘equivalent canonization’ in the Catholic tradition of making saints as an example of interaction between individual behaviour, institutional processes and collective memory. In the first section (§ 1-2), the paper sketches a philosophical and sociological framework to highlight different actors and elements in the process of beatification or canonization.
In the second section (§ 3-4), the paper offers a historical overview of equivalent canonization and analyses the cases of Luigi Rabatà and Angela da Foligno, focusing on the Informatio for the former, and the Positio and Decretal Letter for the latter. The conclusion emphasizes the role of collective memory and tradition in the procedure of casus exceptus.
NeMoSanctI is a research project carried out at the University of Turin. It studies how models of sanctity have changed after the Second Vatican Council. To this end, it applies a pioneering methodology based on semiotic theory to a wide corpus of normative, judicial, and narrative texts.
This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No 757314).
