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Bedazzled saints : catacomb relics in early modern Bavaria /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Litaker, Noria K., 1984- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2023.
Series:Studies in early modern German history
Subjects:
Catholic Church > Germany > Bavaria > History.
Relics > Germany > Bavaria > History.
Christian saints > Cult > Germany > Bavaria.
Catacombs > Germany > Bavaria.
Bavaria (Germany) > Religious life and customs.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Creating Bavaria Sancta from the ground up
  • Some assembly required : building whole-body catacomb saints
  • Whole-body saints and Eucharistic doctrine
  • Semper eadem : catacomb saints and sacred history
  • Welcoming the saints home : translation processions and festivities
  • Roman catacomb saints as local residents and patrons
  • Epilogue : catacomb saints in the modern era.