Reliquienstrategien im Mailand der Borromeo

Die Translationen des Giovanni Giacomo Castoldi 

Lena Terlisten | 2025

The Church of Milan in the Age of Catholic Reform
The Europe-wide dissemination of so-called catacomb saints was one of the Roman Church's successful confessionalisation measures from the end of the 16th century. But what happened when Roman relics encountered a self-confident local church that had cultivated its own traditions and asserted its independence from Rome? This book sheds light on how the Milanese Archbishop Federico Borromeo (offic. 1595-1631) knew how to instrumentalise relics from Rome and Cologne not only to glorify Milan, but also for the canonisation of his cousin and predecessor in office, Carlo Borromeo (1560-1584).

Printhouse Herder
Freiburg i.Br. 2025
256 pages
ISBN: 978-3-451-39573-4

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