Morte di un inquisitore e nascita di un santo. Questioni introduttive

Marina Benedetti

doi:10.54103/milanoup.194

Morte di un inquisitore e nascita di un santo. Questioni introduttive

Authors

Marina Benedetti

University of Milan

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6829-4768 (unauthenticated)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.54103/milanoup.194.c310

Synopsis

What happened in 1252 in a wood not far from Milan had a huge influence in the history of medieval inquisition because there the inquisitor Peter of Verona was killed. One year later he became saint Peter martyr and his cult started spreading with evident difficulty to take root. The essay – an introduction of the articles of Grado Giovanni Merlo, Cristina Cattaneo, Massimiliano Bassetti, Gabriele Bellotti, Sara Fasoli, Maria Clara Rossi, Ettore Napione, Daniele Torelli, Eleonora Lombardo, Lucia Travaini, Luca Patria and Vincenzo Cassaro – shows the contest of the deeds and the main protagonists to better understand a complex situation and fragmen- tary documents. The account of Brother Serafino Razzi (1596) and of the inquisitor Arcangelo Marcasola (1596) are used for a knowledge of the reception of the figure of the inquisitor and saint in the modern period, so far pretty neglected.

Author Biography

Marina Benedetti, University of Milan

Marina Benedetti is Full Professor in History of Christianity at the StateUniversity of Milan (Italy). She first studied the case of Guglielma and then she devotedherself to broader themes related with heresy and inquisition (Condannate al silenzio. Leeretiche medievali, Milano 2017; Inquisitori Lombardi del Duecento, Roma 2008;Medioevo inquisitoriale. Manoscritti, protagonisti, paradossi, 2021). She works also inthe field of the medieval Waldenses (Donne valdesi nel medioevo, Torino 2007; Valdesimedievali. Bilanci e prospettive di ricerca, edited by M. Benedetti, Torino 2009; ACompanion to the Waldenses in the Middle Ages, with E. Cameron, 2022) focusing ontextual transmission with special regard to the religious debate in XVIIth century Europe(Il «santo bottino». Circolazione di manoscritti valdesi nell'Europa del Seicento, Torino20072), but also on the edition of inquisitorial trials (I margini dell’eresia. Indagine su unprocesso inquisitoriale (Oulx, 1492), Spoleto 20142; La valle dei valdesi. I processicontro Tommaso Guiot, sarto di Pragelato (Oulx, 1495), Spoleto 2013). She edited Storiadel cristianesimo, II: L’età medievale (secoli VIII-XV), Roma, (7th reprint 2022), 2023("Quality Paperbacks"), and Eretiche ed eretici medievali. La «disobbedienza» religiosanei secc. XII-XV, 2023. For Milano UP she published also Contro frate Bernardino daSiena. Processi al maestro Amedeo Landi (Milan 1437-1447), with T. Danelli, 2021.