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italian-studies: Scholarly discussions in any field of Italian studies On Sun, 1 Apr 2001 15:54:31 -0800, Eileen White <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >italian-studies: Scholarly discussions in any field of Italian studies > >I am NOT a Dante scholar, so first would ask those of you who are your >indulgence for what may be a basic or inept question. Does Saint >Apollonia figure in any way in the Divine Comedy? Dear Eileen, To the best of my knowledge, there is no direct or indirect reference to S. Apollonia in any of Dante's extant writings. He was probably more in need of help with his eyes than with his teeth... > >I know there is has been much discussion on the connections between >Dante and Saint Augustine, and that Augustine refers to Saint Apollonia. >Can anyone provide or recommend recent scholarly commentary on >Augustine's interest in Apollonia? I think you will have to extend your search to scholarship of a more general kind, e.g. scholarship on suicide in Augustine. A good online resource to start with is the bibliographical database of the _Augustinus Lexikon_ at the following URL: http://www.augustinus.de/ Search terms like _suicide_, _suicidio_, _suicido_, _Selbstmo"rder" (with o- umlaut) will lead you to a dozen or so entries some of which might be of interest. > >Finally, the only recent book length treatment I know of dealing with >Apollonia is Denti e Santi, Il mito di Apollonia : La "rappresentazione" >di Apollonia in una raccola iconografica di artistic italiani, Milan >[Ed. Asclepio], 1991 by Paolo Pieoleoni ( a professor of dentistry?) >Is there anything else? I am not sure how much you like to read German, but there are two German dissertations: BULK, Wilhelm St. Apollonia, Patronin der Zahnkranken. Ihr Kult und Bild im Wandel der Zeiten. [Diss. Mu"nster] Bielefeld: im Selbstverlag, 1967, 111 pp. STEINMETZ, Wolfgang Die Verehrung der heiligen Apollonia als Patronin der Zahnkranken im Eifelgebiet. Diss. Bonn, 1977, 158 pp. You might also submit your query to our "sister-list" medieval-religion where you can find all kinds of helpful experts specializing in the hagiography and iconography of Christian saints. To subscribe to medieval- religion, just send a message with text "join medieval-religion Eileen C. White" to [log in to unmask] Best wishes, Otfried ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join italian-studies YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave italian-studies to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/italian-studies.html