This paper shows in its essential points the development of spiritual doctrine of divine love in Italy during four centuries (1350-1750 AD), especially regarding religious ambients, some authors and main texts produced in Florence, Venice, Genoa and Rome. The author explains various steps of diffusion of the spirituals ideas connected to the theology of divine love, and indicates some important writers and ambients whcich had a particular relief concerning this topic. A particular interesting is reserved to a religious order called povari yesuati, that is the principal promoter of this particular devotion, especially promoted by Domenico da Monticchiello and his italian translation of an important work of Hugh of Balma, called “mistica teologia”. The povari yesuati is an religious order not many known but very important in cultural and religious world of late middle age in Italy. It’s also mentioned the origin of Roman sanctuary of our Lady of Divine Love, that is also at the present and many important religious sanctuary for the people of Rome.
Pontifical Gregorian University, Italy
Chapter Title
Il Divino amore dalla mistica teologia del sec. XIV alla pietà romana del Settecento
Authors
Federico Corrubolo
Language
Italian
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-228-7.12
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Publication Year
2020
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Book Title
Le vestigia dei gesuati
Book Subtitle
L’eredità culturale del Colombini e dei suoi seguaci
Editors
Isabella Gagliardi
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Number of Pages
384
Publication Year
2020
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© 2020 Author(s)
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Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-228-7
ISBN Print
978-88-5518-227-0
eISBN (pdf)
978-88-5518-228-7
Series Title
Fragmentaria. Studi di storia culturale e antropologia religiosa
Series ISSN
2975-1217
Series E-ISSN
2975-1225