This work on the supportive role of the spiritual father in late Western antiquity, is suggested by the epistolary corpus by Faustus of Riez, which despite being short t is capable of evoking a rich and paradigmatic picture for a variety of interlocuters. In fact, it contains the polyfunctional physiognomy of a spiritual guide: a focus of attraction and a coordinator of different requirements as well as being a catalyst of various needs.
Questo lavoro sul ruolo portante del padre spirituale nella tarda antichità occidentale, muove dal corpus epistolare di Fausto di Riez, breve ma capace di evocare per la varietà degli interlocutori un quadro ricco e paradigmatico. Se ne ricava, infatti, una fisionomia polifunzionale di guida spirituale: polo di attrazione e coordinatore di esigenze diverse, nonché catalizzatore di varie istanze.
Padri e figli spirituali nella Gallia tardoantica
BARCELLONA, Rossana
2002-01-01
Abstract
This work on the supportive role of the spiritual father in late Western antiquity, is suggested by the epistolary corpus by Faustus of Riez, which despite being short t is capable of evoking a rich and paradigmatic picture for a variety of interlocuters. In fact, it contains the polyfunctional physiognomy of a spiritual guide: a focus of attraction and a coordinator of different requirements as well as being a catalyst of various needs.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.