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21 mars 2016

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The doctrine of papal infallibility is a central tenet of Roman Catholicism, and yet it is frequently misunderstood by Catholics and non-Catholics alike. Much of the present-day theological discussion points to the definition of papal infallibility made at Vatican I in 1870, but the origins of the debate are much older than that. In Certain Sainthood, Donald S. Prudlo traces this history back to the Middle Ages, to a time when Rome was struggling to extend the limits of papal authority over Western Christendom. Indeed, as he shows, the very notion of papal infallibility grew out of debates over the pope's authority to canonize saints. Prudlo's story begins in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries when Rome was increasingly focused on the fight against heresy. Toward this end the papacy enlisted the support of the young mendicant orders, specifically the Dominicans and Franciscans. As Prudlo shows, a key theme in the papacy's battle with heresy was control of canonization: heretical groups not only objected to the canonizing of specific saints, they challenged the concept of sainthood in general. In so doing they attacked the roots of papal authority. Eventually, with mendicant support, the very act of challenging a papally created saint was deemed heresy. Certain Sainthood draws on the insights of a new generation of scholarship that integrates both lived religion and intellectual history into the study of theology and canon law. The result is a work that will fascinate scholars and students of church history as well as a wider public interested in the evolution of one of the world's most important religious institutions.

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Cornell University Press

Date de parution

21 mars 2016

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9781501701535

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English

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7 Mo

cCERTAIN SAINTHOOD

CERTAIN SAINTHOOD

fNFAL L I BI L I TY OF PAPAL I I N CANONI Z AT I ON AND T HE ORI GI NS T HE ME DI E VAL CHURCH

D o n a l d S. P r u d lo

CORNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS Ithaca and London

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First published 2015 by Cornell University Press

Printed in the United States of America

Library of Congress CataloginginPublication Data

Prudlo, Donald, 1976–author. Certain sainthood : canonization and the origins of papal infallibility in the medieval church / Donald S. Prudlo. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 9780801454035 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Canonization—History—To 1500. 2. Christian saints—Cult—History of doctrines—Middle Ages, 600–1500. 3. Popes—Infallibility—History of doctrines—Middle Ages, 600–1500. 4. Papacy— History—To 1309. I. Title. BX2330.P78 2015 235′.2409—dc23 2015015955

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Cover Illustration:The Canonization of Catherine of Siena by Pope Pius II, fresco by Pinturicchio in Piccolomini Library, Duomo, Siena (1502–1508). Opera della Metropolitana, Duomo di Siena.

AVGVSTINO THOMPSON SACRI ORDINIS PRAEDICATORVM CONCIONATORI EXIMIO ORDINIS PROPRII RITVS AC HISTORIAE TVTORI ET CONSERVATORI SACRAE THEOLOGIAE MAGISTRO MEMORIAE HAVD CVLTAE FIDELIVM CVLTORI LAICORVM PRAECIPVE MEDIAE AETATIS AMICO ET PRAECEPTORI DONALDVS PRVDLO IN TESTIMONIVM BENEVOLENTIAE HOC OPVS DEDICAVIT

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Acknowledgmentsix List of Abbreviationsxi

Introduction 1. “By the Authority of Blessed Peter”: Making SaintMaking 2. “They Trust not in the Suffrages of the Saints”: Saintly Skirmishes 3. “That the Perversity of Heretics Might Be Confounded”: From Practice to Theory 4. “Hark, Hark, the Dogs Do Bark . . .”: The Assault on Mendicant Holiness (1234–60) 5. “That God Might Not Permit Us to Err”: The Articulation of Infallibility in Canonization 6. Sancti per ﬁdem vicerunt regna: “The Saints, by Faith, Conquered Kingdoms” Conclusion

Appendix181 Bibliography185 Index213

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This project was long in germination and in curred many debts, ones that are a pleasure to recognize but are difﬁcult to repay. I am grateful to my institution, Jacksonville State University, for its generous assistance and support in the composition of this work. I thank my longsuffering department chair, Gordon Harvey, for his indefatigable as sistance and for graciously aiding me in a multitude of administrative ways. The sympathy of one’s department head is a luxury in academia and one I do not take for granted. Once again I am indebted to Russel Lemmons for his friendship and collegiality and for his inﬁnite patience in reading nearly everything I have written and commenting with perspicacity and the gram matical laser vision of a nineteenthcentury German philologist (though of course any errors that remain are entirely my own). Historians cannot do their work without the signiﬁcant cooperation of those who are the keepers of the resources. My university’s interlibrary loan service, particularly Debra DeeringBarrett, has been invaluable in acquir ing rare and littleknown sources, and for this I am quite thankful. I am also heavily indebted to various European archives and libraries, whose almost invariable kindness to a hapless foreigner continues to be much appreciated. In this regard I wish to mention the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale Firenze, and the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, as well as the libraries of the Graduate Theological Union at Berkeley and the University of Virginia and the marvelous jewel of a library at Christen dom College. I also thank Liberty Fund, where as a postdoc I was able to plant the seeds of this project. Thanks are also due to the patience and dedication of Peter Potter at Cornell Press, who helped to shepherd this project to completion. I am also in debt to my careful anonymous readers, and to the production team at Cornell. It would also be not out of place to thank my saints. One of the pleasures of hagiography is to work closely with those whom you are writing about, being able to see where they lived, worked, and died and to gauge their effectsonthesocietiesinwhichtheylived,evenlongaftertheirpassing.

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