Chapter Chiese di Santa Cecilia a Firenze e Cagliari: riflessioni sulle ragioni di un culto ‘importato’
Abstract
Some documents attest that in Middle Age Florence and Cagliari had a church of St. Cecilia. Scholars think that the circulation of the cult of the saint is somehow linked to the vandal Africa and to the theological controversy between Arians and Orthodox. So, Cecilia is sometimes assumed, together with other saints, as a symbol of the struggle against heresies. In this way, her presence is read on the well-known mosaic in the basilica of S. Apollinare Nuovo in Ravenna. Therefore, this paper aims to present some reflections on the reasons for the choice of the dedication for the two churches in Florence and Cagliari and on the time when it could have occurred.
Keywords
Florence; Cagliari; Churches; cultsDOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0376-0.29ISBN
9791221503760, 9791221503760Publisher
Firenze University PressPublisher website
https://www.fupress.com/Publication date and place
Florence, 2024Series
Strumenti per la didattica e la ricerca, 225Classification
Archaeology
Archaeology by period / region