Traslations in the art and in the memory: (Re)invention of Atilano and Ildefonso's bodies (1260-1496)

Keywords: Hagiography, relics, iconography, Ildefonso and Atilano, Zamora, Toledo

Abstract

The Reinvention in 1496 in Zamora is a festivity that propagates the legitimacy of titles of power, and civil and ecclesiastical cohesion, around the cult of relics. In this article, the political functions of the event are understood thought literary and plastic works of hagiography. The historic and religious discourse of the celebration draws routes of iconographic exchanges, that configure a geographic, devotional, institutional topography, and a festive calendar. Once Zamora's relationship of independence with Toledo archbishopric was established, the devotion to this cult was extend to Rome by the promoter bishop Diego Mélendez Valdés.

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Published
2020-11-26
How to Cite
Muñoz Gómez E. (2020). Traslations in the art and in the memory: (Re)invention of Atilano and Ildefonso’s bodies (1260-1496). Anales de Historia del Arte, 30, 165-194. https://doi.org/10.5209/anha.72178