Patrons and Defenders: Saints in the Italian City-state by Diana Webb

Patrons and Defenders: Saints in the Italian City-state

Diana Webb

304 pages first pub 1996 (editions)

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Among the most interesting of civic saints' cults must be reckoned those of the city-states of Italy. From the moment in the twelfth century when, in many cities, an association of important citizens supplanted the bishop as the principal governin...

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