The essay analyses the cult of St. Cresci and its origins. St. Cresci is considered to be one of the companions of St. Miniato, and it is believed he was martyred ‘sub Decio’ in the 3rd century. St. Cresci’s legend must be interpreted in the context of the Florentine hagiographic production of the 11th century, when the local clergy tried to resuscitate old and long forgotten cults of saints whose relics they possessed. The paper argues that the legend of St. Cresci was ‘invented’ to be opposed to that of St. Miniato. Indeed in the 11th century Ildebrando, bishop of Florence, strongly promoted the cult of Minias in order to support his claims on the lands of the newly founded monastery. It was after this that cathedral’s canons, in opposition with their bishop, proposed the martyrial figure of St. Cresci; the cult of which got a great importance under the Medici, and especially during the reign of Cosimo III.
University of Florence, Italy
Titolo del capitolo
Eziologia di una leggenda. Ipotesi sul culto fiorentino di san Cresci compagno di san Miniato
Autori
Anna Benvenuti
Lingua
Italian
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-295-9.05
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Anno di pubblicazione
2021
Copyright
© 2021 Author(s)
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Licenza dei metadati
Titolo del libro
La Basilica di San Miniato al Monte di Firenze (1018-2018)
Sottotitolo del libro
Storia e documentazione
Curatori
Francesco Salvestrini
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Numero di pagine
396
Anno di pubblicazione
2021
Copyright
© 2021 Author(s)
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Licenza dei metadati
Editore
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-295-9
ISBN Print
978-88-5518-294-2
eISBN (pdf)
978-88-5518-295-9
eISBN (epub)
978-88-5518-296-6
Collana
Fragmentaria. Studi di storia culturale e antropologia religiosa
ISSN della collana
2975-1217
e-ISSN della collana
2975-1225