medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On Saturday, June 10, 2006, at 5:39 pm, Phyllis wrote:
> Barnabus (1st cent.) Barnabus was a Levite originally from Cyprus,
> originally named Joseph, but renamed Barnabus ("son of
> encouragement") by the apostles. B. is best known as Paul's
> partner
> in mission. Legend tells that B. was stoned to death in Salamis
> (Cyprus). Another legend tells that his body was found centuries
> later with a copy of Matthew's gospel lying on its chest.
Barnabas (I'm going to be perverse here and follow the spelling of the
Greek text of Acts 4:36) is also the legendary evangelist of Milan.
Visitors to that city's cathedral -- a medieval structure, so let's have
a quick look:
http://www.mikeprocopio.com/Milano%20Duomo%20II.JPG
http://docenti.lett.unisi.it/files/3/1/4/17/Milano_Duomo.jpg
http://tinyurl.com/njg6u
http://tinyurl.com/p9q8q
-- will see an assertion, untrammeled by any qualification, that B. was
the founder of the Milanese church:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/Milano_Vescovi.jpg
More recently, though, the archdiocese has been willing to refer to B.
as its founder _according to tradition_, e.g. in this from the Museo
Diocesano:
http://www.museodiocesano.it/operescheda.asp?Tipo=9&IDTitolo=26
Supposedly, B. entered Milan through the Porta Ticinese and performed
his first baptisms within the city at a spot that's now no. 6, Piazza
Sant'Eustorgio. I haven't been able to find a Web-based view of the
plaque recording this momentous event. Some details, mostly having to
do with early modern activity here, will be found near the foot of this
Italian-language page:
http://www.ticinese-milano.it/SEustorgio.htm
By way of compensation, herewith a brief consideration of the church
after which the piazza is named, the Basilica of St. Eustorgius. Parts
of the present building overlie the remains of a late antique basilican
church, presumably the predecessor church of the same dedication cited
in the _Versum de Mediolano civitate_ (_MGH Poetae_, I, pp. 24-26), an
early eighth-century poem in praise of the city of Milan. Seen here in
an aerial view:
http://tinyurl.com/9x8jz
, Sant'Eustorgio's central structure gets older as one moves from front
to back. Today's facade is a nineteenth-century essay in Lombard
Romanesque, the present nave (a replacement for the one badly damaged in
Friedrich Barbarossa's sack of 1162) was begun in the 1190s but is
mostly of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, and the apse is of
the eleventh century. The belltower is from the end of the thirteenth
century. An illustrated English-language overview is here:
http://www.discountmilano.com/tour/Secoli/SantEustorgio/
Some exterior views, followed by three of the interior:
Facade:
http://www.santeustorgio.it/images/seustor.jpg
Corner view:
http://www.milano24ore.de/Bilder/Mailand/Kirchen/158_5870.jpg
Apse and belltower:
http://tinyurl.com/zbwzf
Rear views (showing the Cappella Portinari):
http://tinyurl.com/8mo4s
http://www.santeustorgio.it/foto/images/basilicadaigiardini.jpg
Page of details (mostly facade and belltower):
http://tinyurl.com/a4l9a
Nave:
http://tinyurl.com/bas5x
Remains of the late antique church beneath the apse:
http://www.santeustorgio.it/museo/images/sottocoro.jpg
http://www.santeustorgio.it/foto/images/sottocoroNew.jpg
Previous postings have presented this church's tombs of St. Eustorgius
(or of the Magi) and of St. Peter Martyr. Herwith a view of the
fourteenth-century tomb of Stefano Visconti, lord of Milan:
http://www.chiesadimilano.it/or/ADMI/esy/objects/images/415370.jpg
A clickable plan of the church and highlights (expandable views) from
its museum are here:
http://www.santeustorgio.it/museo/museo.htm
And a very nice panoramic tour of Sant'Eustorgio is available here:
http://milano.arounder.com/
(click on the next-to-lowest orange dot).
Best,
John Dillon
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