Unveiling the Simulacri Corpus Sanctae. The Case Study of Saint Aurelius Martyr (Oporto, Portugal)
The post-Tridentine Church promoted the cult of the martyrs’ relics exhumed from the Roman catacombs by exhibiting them to the veneration of the faithful in life-sized sumptuous reliquary-images (simulacri corpus sanctae). They functioned as powerful ways of dissemination of the Catholic faith and a...
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| Idioma: | eng |
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2020
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| Texto completo: | http://hdl.handle.net/10174/26510 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Oai: | oai:dspace.uevora.pt:10174/26510 |