The mysticism of Francis of Assisi is closely linked to the hermitic experience that he and some of his companions underwent in the early years of their religious vocation and that they had continued to practice, alternating periods of public apostolate with periods of withdrawal from secular societ...

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1. Verfasser:	Gamberini, Roberto (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch Artikel
Sprache:	Italian
Veröffentlicht:	2023
Schlagworte:	eremitismo, Francesco d’Assisi, francescanesimo, agiografia hermitism; Francis of Assisi; franciscanism; hagiography
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Zusammenfassung:	The mysticism of Francis of Assisi is closely linked to the hermitic experience that he and some of his companions underwent in the early years of their religious vocation and that they had continued to practice, alternating periods of public apostolate with periods of withdrawal from secular society. This inclination to hermitism is in line with the widespread tendency of the time towards individual religiosity, although in reality such religious attitude did not necessarily entail total isolation. Although many of the hermits living between the 12th and 13th centuries wanted to fill a need for escape and protest and navigated in a controversial space, fluctuating between recognition and marginalization, some of them attracted crowds and also carried out apostolic activity through preaching. However, the relationship between public life and hermitic isolation is delicate and involves its share of problems: the Church displays a cautious stance towards it and the Franciscan Order tries in various ways to maintain the balance embodied by its founding father. Il misticismo di Francesco d’Assisi è strettamente legato all’esperienza eremitica che lui stesso e alcuni tra i suoi compagni avevano vissuto nei primi tempi della loro vocazione religiosa e che avevano continuato a praticare, alternando periodi di apostolato pubblico a periodi di ritiro dalla società secolare. Questa propensione all’eremitismo è in linea con la diffusa tendenza dell’epoca verso una religiosità individuale, che tuttavia non implicava necessariamente un isolamento totale. Benché molti tra gli eremiti vissuti tra i secoli XII e XIII rispondessero a un’esigenza di fuga e di protesta e si muovessero in uno spazio controverso, tra riconoscimento ed emarginazione, alcuni di essi attiravano folle, svolgendo anche attività apostolica attraverso la predicazione. Il rapporto tra vita pubblica e isolamento eremitico è tuttavia delicato e non privo di problemi: la Chiesa si dimostra cauta e l’Ordine francescano cerca di mantenere in modi diversi l’equilibrio del suo padre fondatore.
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ISSN:	2974-7287