This essay opens an unusual perspective on the origins of the Christian monasticism in the Latin West and on Martin of Tours, European prominent figure, whose 17th centenary of the birth is commemorated this year 2016: the evidence of an independent Illyrian tradition about Martin leads us to point out that the homeland (patria) recognized by Martin himself as his own was in fact the Illyrian-Pannonian region, exposed to the evangelizing action of Aquileia and affected – at least since the mid-third century – by the widespread phenomenon of hermitical secessions from urban civilization, with the purpose of a preparation for martyrdom. St. Martin felt drawn to them already as a young boy during his stay in Sabaria, while adhering to Christianity preached according to the tradition of Aquileia, as it is revealed by some characteristic features of his spirituality; so when, returning from his patria, he undertook outside the walls of Milan the anachoresis that finally he propagated in Gaul, his monastic style, however, perpetuated the archaic model of these pre-Constantinian monasteria/tabernacula he had admired in his own region of birth, not far from Aquileia

Il saggio intende aprire una prospettiva insolita sulle origini del monachesimo cristiano nell’Occidente latino e su Martino di Tours, personaggio decretato di rilevanza europea, del quale ricorre nel 2016 il 17° centenario dalla nascita: l’evidenza di una autonoma tradizione illirica su Martino induce a sottolineare che «patria» riconosciuta da Martino stesso era infatti la regione illirica-pannonica, esposta all’irradiamento missionario di Aquileia e almeno fin dalla metà del secolo III interessata dal fenomeno diffuso di forme di secessione eremitica dalla società urbana intese come preparazione al martirio. Martino subì il loro richiamo già da fanciullo durante la permanenza a Sabaria, mentre aderiva al cristianesimo predicato secondo la tradizione di Aquileia, così com’è rivelato da tratti caratteristici della sua spiritualità; allorché quindi intraprese l’anacoresi fuori dalle mura di Milano, finendo per farsene promotore in Gallia, il suo stile monastico perpetuò tuttavia l’arcaico modello dei monasteria/tabernacula precostantiniani che aveva ammirati nella sua stessa terra di nascita prossima ad Aquileia

Paiano, M. A., Rocca, R. M. D., Perin, R., Vian, G., Anni, R., Boniface, X., Madigan, E., Zanna, G. D., Mazza, E., Maiocchi, R., Persic, A., Yurovskaya, Z., Rozzo, U., Borrmans, M., Guanzini, I., Primordi monastici d’Occidente: Martino da Sabaria ‘filosofo’ illirico, ‘personaggio d’Europa’, <<ANNALI DI SCIENZE RELIGIOSE>>, 2015; (8): 271-327 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/95992]

Primordi monastici d’Occidente: Martino da Sabaria ‘filosofo’ illirico, ‘personaggio d’Europa’

Paiano, Maria Antonia
Primo
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Perin, Raffaella;Vian, Giovanni;Anni, Rolando;Mazza, Enrico;Maiocchi, Roberto;Persic, Alessio;Borrmans, Maurice
Penultimo
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Guanzini, Isabella
Ultimo
2015

Abstract

This essay opens an unusual perspective on the origins of the Christian monasticism in the Latin West and on Martin of Tours, European prominent figure, whose 17th centenary of the birth is commemorated this year 2016: the evidence of an independent Illyrian tradition about Martin leads us to point out that the homeland (patria) recognized by Martin himself as his own was in fact the Illyrian-Pannonian region, exposed to the evangelizing action of Aquileia and affected – at least since the mid-third century – by the widespread phenomenon of hermitical secessions from urban civilization, with the purpose of a preparation for martyrdom. St. Martin felt drawn to them already as a young boy during his stay in Sabaria, while adhering to Christianity preached according to the tradition of Aquileia, as it is revealed by some characteristic features of his spirituality; so when, returning from his patria, he undertook outside the walls of Milan the anachoresis that finally he propagated in Gaul, his monastic style, however, perpetuated the archaic model of these pre-Constantinian monasteria/tabernacula he had admired in his own region of birth, not far from Aquileia
2015
Italiano
Paiano, M. A., Rocca, R. M. D., Perin, R., Vian, G., Anni, R., Boniface, X., Madigan, E., Zanna, G. D., Mazza, E., Maiocchi, R., Persic, A., Yurovskaya, Z., Rozzo, U., Borrmans, M., Guanzini, I., Primordi monastici d’Occidente: Martino da Sabaria ‘filosofo’ illirico, ‘personaggio d’Europa’, <<ANNALI DI SCIENZE RELIGIOSE>>, 2015; (8): 271-327 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/95992]
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