title: In the service of the clergy and the world: St. Benno in the history of Saxony
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metadata.value: Prokopiev, Andrei Yuryevich
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metadata.value: 2023-10-10T14:34:22Z
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metadata.value: 2023-10-10T14:34:22Z
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metadata.value: 2023-06
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metadata.value: Prokopiev, Andrei Yuryevich. In the service of the clergy and the world: St. Benno in the history of Saxony, in Studia Slavica et Balcanica Petropolitana. 2023. № 1. Pp. 28-38. DOI https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu19.2023.103
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu19.2023.103
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/44211
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metadata.value: Until recently, historiography has lacked major comparative studies on the phenomen of Holy in Central Europe. Meanwhile, there were very vast regions in which there were no local saints until the end of the Middle Ages. One of these historical regions was Upper Saxony. What was the way of formation of the sacral cult here? What political or socio-cultural factors played a decisive role in the emergence of the cult of saints? And what were the functions of the saints in a changing society? The problems are studied on the example of St. Benno, Bishop of Meißen, who was canonized in 1523. He became the last saint of the medieval Latin Church and the first saint for the Wettin dynasty. The article shows the instrumentalization of his memory at various stages. From the 13th century he acted in the service of the bishops of Meißen, who aspired to become imperial princes. From the 15th century the princely dynasty of the Wettins (Albertine House) was busy about the canonization of Benno in order to strengthen their own authority in the Holy Roman Empire. The decisive contribution in this direction was made by Duke George the Bearded. Two events marked the efforts of the Saxon prince in the public space: the translation into German of the Life of St. Benno, made by Hieronymus Emser in 1517 and the transfer of Benno’s relics in the cathedral of Meißen in 1524. During the Reformation, the cult of St. Benno was called upon to oppose Protestantism. Paradoxically, however, he was able to play his role as a link between the dynasty and subjects only in Bavaria from the end of the 16th century.
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metadata.value: The research was supported by the Russian Science Foundation, project Nr. 21-48-04402 «Saints and heroes from Christianization to Nationalism: Symbol, Image, Memory (Nord-West Russia, Baltic and Nordic countries)».
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metadata.value: ru
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metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.value: Studia Slavica et Balcanica Petropolitana;Volume 33; Issue 1
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: St. Benno
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metadata.value: Saxony
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metadata.value: Holy Roman Empire
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metadata.value: Meissen
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metadata.value: Wettins
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metadata.value: Georg the Bearded
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metadata.value: Bavaria
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metadata.value: Hieronymus Emser
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metadata.value: dynasty
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metadata.value: cult of holiness
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metadata.value: historical memory
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metadata.value: In the service of the clergy and the world: St. Benno in the history of Saxony
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