medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On Thursday, May 26, 2005, at 7:31 pm, Phyllis wrote:
> Restituta of Sora (d. c. 271)
We've already had occasion in the last two weeks to discuss Restituta of
Teniza or of Carthage, venerated in Naples and elsewhere in the Regno,
as well as her possible local variants, Restituta of Cagliari and
Restituta of Corsica. R. of Sora, whose acta are very different, was
also venerated in the Regno but in a more northerly swath of territory:
from Sora eastwards and northwards in today's Abruzzo as well as south
along the Liri to San Germano at the foot of Montecassino. Little
churches in this area have surviving representations of her in fresco,
in one instance said to be as old as the ninth century (the arcosolium
under Santa Restituta of Rosce di San Vincenzo valle Roveto, also
referred to as Santa Restituta di Morrea Inferiore) and in another as
recent as the thirteenth century (the Santa Restituta of Oricola [AQ],
where, however, she's now celebrated on 17. May). I had hoped to show
reproductions but the Terre Marsicane website only has tiny thumbnails
at its pages for these churches, with the larger versions not yet mounted.
So here instead are some views of the church of Santa Restituta at Sora,
rebuilt after Frederick II destroyed the town in 1229.
exterior views, front:
http://www.menteantica.it/soranatale/sora1pic.jpg
http://www.ilgiornalenuovo.it/media\Santa_restituita.jpg
http://www.sistemi.it/sora/tur/galleriasorana/pages/santarestituta1.htm
TinyURL for this: http://tinyurl.com/9rmth
exterior view, front and side (from above):
http://www.comune.sora.fr.it/img_home/b.jpg
exterior view, rear:
http://faculty.ccri.edu/mmansella/Photo_album/6.html
belltower:
http://www.menteantica.it/soranatale/scorciosrestituta.jpg
And here's R. being carried from her church in this year's procession:
http://www.tuttosora.com/MAG05/Sora-M26A.jpg
More photos here (while the story remains up):
http://www.tuttosora.com/
Information on the two versions of R.'s Passio (BHL 7192, 9th/10th
cent.; BHL 7193, by Gregory of Terracina, early 12th cent.) will be
found in last year's post.
Best,
John Dillon
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