The Patron Saints and Devotions of the Benedictine Military Orders (Portugal and Castile, 15-16th Centuries)

This paper studies hagiographic devotion in the seigniories of the military orders: the Orders of Avis and Christ in Portugal and of Calatrava in Castile. Applying a common methodology and using similar sources for all three cases, this paper analyzes the written testimonies of the orders’ devotion...

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Autores: Pinto Costa, Paula, Torres Jiménez, María Raquel, Lencart, Joana
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
Repositorio:RUIdeRA. Repositorio Institucional de la UCLM
OAI Identifier:oai:ruidera.uclm.es:10578/45839
Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.26300/51ha-kh55
https://www.brown.edu/Departments/Portuguese_Brazilian_Studies/ejph/current.html
https://hdl.handle.net/10578/45839
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Avis
Calatrava
Christ
Cristo
Hagiografia
Hagiography
Medieval religiosity
Military orders
Ordens militares
Religiosidade medieval
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Sumario:This paper studies hagiographic devotion in the seigniories of the military orders: the Orders of Avis and Christ in Portugal and of Calatrava in Castile. Applying a common methodology and using similar sources for all three cases, this paper analyzes the written testimonies of the orders’ devotion to Christ and the Virgin Mary, as well as their veneration of the saints. These records were compiled from the visitations made to churches, hermitages, and confraternities between 1462 and 1539. The research was governed by two objectives: firstly, to construct a hagiographic overview of the selected territories by systematizing the data collected; and, secondly, to reflect on the typical devotional profile of the territories of the military orders as portrayed by the documentary evidence.