Suspect Saints and Holy Heretics: Disputed Sanctity and Communal Identity in Late Medieval Italy 978-1-5017-4235-4

In Suspect Saints and Holy Heretics Janine Larmon Peterson investigates regional saints whose holiness was contested. Sh

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Suspect Saints and Holy Heretics: Disputed Sanctity and Communal Identity in Late Medieval Italy
978-1-5017-4235-4

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