medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Isn't one of the most famous (and exemplary) the death of St.
Benedict, cf. Gregory the Great, Dialogi 2 c. 37 (cf. the death of
vishop Germanus ibid. c. 35 too)?!
yours
b.k.
Vienna
Am 17. Mär.2007 um 19:55 Uhr schrieb McMichael, Steven J.:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
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> Greetings to all,
>
> I am looking at the death scene of Francis of Assisi by which he
> dies the
> "good death" of the Christian saint. Bonaventure uses themes a
> ascension,
> resurrection, and the glorification of his body in the passage from
> death to
> new life in his Major Life of Francis.
>
> Please excuse my ignorance of other saint lives in the middle ages
> besides
> that of Francis of Assisi!
>
> I have a few questions that I need help with:
>
> Are there other saints in the middle ages contain very elaborate death
> scenes like we find in the Legenda Maior of Bonaventure?
>
> Do any accounts of other saints have "ascension scenes" in which
> the saint
> is seen by people being raised up to heaven?
>
> Do any hagiographical texts speak of the affects of Christ's
> resurrection on
> the post-mortem body of the saint before entombment?
>
> Thanks for any help you can give me!
>
> Steve
>
> Steven J. McMichael, OFM Conv.
> Theology Department
> University of Saint Thomas
> Saint Paul, MN
>
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