Atto da Pistoia (last decades of the eleventh century-1153), abbot general of the Benedictine Vallombrosan monks and bishop of Pistoia, a local saint recognised as such from the seventeenth century onwards, was a churchman and hagiographer, a contemplative man, and an active pastor in the religious and political life of his time. He is undoubtedly one of the most interesting and perhaps least known figures of the twelfth century. The paper highlights his characteristics as a man of government, above all as the leader of the Vallombrosan Order, whose institutional structures, hagiographic memory and territorial diffusion in Central-Northern Italy and Sardinia he consolidated, taking into account the most recent historiographical investigations on the personage and the perspectives of interpretation opened up by research on Vallombrosan monasticism.
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Chapter Title
Atto da Pistoia, monaco e abate maggiore dell’Ordine benedettino vallombrosano. Le attuali prospettive della storiografia
Authors
Francesco Salvestrini
Language
Italian
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0335-7.05
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Publication Year
2024
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Book Title
Atto abate vallombrosano e vescovo di Pistoia
Book Subtitle
Bilancio storiografico e prospettive di ricerca sulla vita e l’opera di un protagonista del XII secolo
Editors
Francesco Salvestrini
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Number of Pages
378
Publication Year
2024
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© 2024 Author(s)
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Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0335-7
ISBN Print
979-12-215-0334-0
eISBN (pdf)
979-12-215-0335-7
eISBN (epub)
979-12-215-0336-4
Series Title
Fragmentaria. Studi di storia culturale e antropologia religiosa
Series ISSN
2975-1217
Series E-ISSN
2975-1225