Some documents attest that in Middle Age Florence and Cagliari had a church of St. Cecilia. Scholars think that the circulation of the cult of the saint is somehow linked to the vandal Africa and to the theological controversy between Arians and Orthodox. So, Cecilia is sometimes assumed, together with other saints, as a symbol of the struggle against heresies. In this way, her presence is read on the well-known mosaic in the basilica of S. Apollinare Nuovo in Ravenna. Therefore, this paper aims to present some reflections on the reasons for the choice of the dedication for the two churches in Florence and Cagliari and on the time when it could have occurred.
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Chapter Title
Chiese di Santa Cecilia a Firenze e Cagliari: riflessioni sulle ragioni di un culto ‘importato’
Authors
Rossana Martorelli
Language
Italian
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0376-0.29
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Publication Year
2024
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Book Title
Florentia
Book Subtitle
Studi di archeologia: vol. 5 - Numero speciale - Studi in onore di Guido Vannini
Editors
Michele Nucciotti, Elisa Pruno
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Number of Pages
596
Publication Year
2024
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© 2024 Author(s)
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Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0376-0
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979-12-215-0375-3
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979-12-215-0376-0
Series Title
Strumenti per la didattica e la ricerca
Series ISSN
2704-6249
Series E-ISSN
2704-5870