Domesticating saints in medieval and early modern Rome / Maya Maskarinec.

Author/creator Maskarinec, Maya author.
Format Book
PublicationPhiladelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2025]
Description307 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 27 cm.
Subjects

SeriesThe Middle Ages series
Middle Ages series. ^A511997
Contents Medieval Rome and its noble families -- Property and piety : the houses of saints in late antique and early medieval Rome -- Genealogies of saints : the specter of the Anicii -- Saintly genealogies : the Frangipani and Gregory the Great -- Saintly genealogies : the Savelli and St. Alexius -- Religious houses and their noble founders in Rome : the cells of St. Francis, St. Dominic, and St. Benedict Anicius -- Early modern Rome and its hidden treasures.
Abstract "This book explores the creative efforts of some of Rome's most prominent noble families to weave themselves into Rome's Christian past. Maya Maskarinec shows how, from Late Antiquity to early modernity, elite Roman families used genealogy, architecture, and the urban fabric to appropriate the city's saints for their own, eventually claiming them as ancestors"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2024032836
ISBN9781512827019
ISBN1512827010 hardcover

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