Alle fonti di un cold case medievale:  frammenti su frate Pietro da Verona

Marina Benedetti

doi:10.54103/milanoup.194

Alle fonti di un cold case medievale: frammenti su frate Pietro da Verona

Authors

Marina Benedetti

University of Milan

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

DOI: https://doi.org/10.54103/milanoup.194.c314

Synopsis

The essay examines some sources related to the construction of the ark of saint Peter martyr, executed in 1339 by Giovanni di Balduccio and nowadays in the Portinari Chapel in the church of Sainct Eustogio in Milan, using particularly the account books of the inquisitors who devolved a lot of money for it, then focuses on the protagonists of the sculptural group, and finally on the bas relief representing the murder finding out the source on which is based that is to say the dependence of the monument from the document. The written sources are almost completely lost apart from two testimonies – among the oldest survived of the Mendicant inquisition in Italy – relating the costs of the organization of the killing of the inquisitor Peter of Verona. The critical edition of such testimonies shows that the different copies survived offer significant variations and the one most used by the scholars is far from being the most reliable.

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.