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MYSTICAL ITALY. THE CONTESTED SIDE OF HOLINESS

Descripción del proyecto

Recordar el legado místico de Italia

A principios del siglo XX, Italia fue testigo del destino paradójico de muchos místicos y aspirantes a santos: venerados por el pueblo, pero condenados por las autoridades eclesiásticas e ignorados en gran medida por los historiadores. Hoy, sus historias corren el riesgo de ser olvidadas, junto con las prácticas devocionales que inspiraron. Esta negligencia borra una parte significativa del pasado religioso de Italia y hace caso omiso de las dimensiones populares de la veneración y del papel de los grupos marginados en el catolicismo. Con el apoyo de las Acciones Marie Skłodowska-Curie, el equipo del proyecto quasi-SANTE pretende replantear esta narrativa. A través de una investigación rigurosa y la participación del público, en quasi-SANTE se intenta resucitar a estas figuras controvertidas, explorando su impacto social y la dinámica de la santidad popular y contestada en la Italia de principios del siglo XX.

Objetivo

Worshipped, contested, abandoned. This downward spiral marked the fates of dozens of mystics and aspiring saints who lived in Italy in the first half of the twentieth century. Neglected today by the majority of the faithful, condemned by the ecclesiastical authorities and ignored by scholars, the memory of these figures risks falling into the haze of history and, with it, also the devotional practices and popular cults developed around them. By forgetting them, we are renouncing any understanding of a significant part of the lived religion of the recent past, as well as ignoring the heterogeneous dimension of venerations shaped ‘from below’ (vox populi) and the importance of minority and marginalised groups (such as emulators of holiness) in contemporary Catholicism. Following this path means flattening research to the dominant narrative (vox cleri) and feeding the main historiographical mainstreams based on the top-down perspective (officially approved saints and politicised cults). Against this scenario, ‘Mystical Italy. The contested side of holiness’ (quasi-SANTE) aims to go beyond the institutional and formal approach to the religion to focus on the popular and potentially contested dimension of holiness through the analysis of aspiring saints who, during their lifetime, attracted veneration and suspicion and catalysed public attention. Through quasi-SANTE, we will get innovative insights into (1) the ‘ordinary people’s’ perception of holiness; (2) the features that mystics had to embody or the skills they had to display to gain the social reputation of ‘living saints’; (3) the devotions judged problematic for the clergy; (4) and how the media, science, and authorities (religious, civil and medical) fit into these dynamics, supporting or opposing them. Quasi-SANTE will develop scientific articles, international workshops, a database on contested holiness, social and multimedia content, and an exhibition aimed at the scientific community and a wider audience.

Ámbito científico (EuroSciVoc)

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Coordinador

UNIVERSITA CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE
Aportación neta de la UEn
€ 172 750,08
Dirección
LARGO GEMELLI 1
20123 Milano
Italia

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Región
Nord-Ovest Lombardia Milano
Tipo de actividad
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
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