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- Title
SAINTS AS PROTECTORS AGAINST EARTHQUAKES IN POPULAR CULTURE IN ITALY AND LATIN AMERICA.
- Authors
POIRIER, JEAN-PAUL
- Abstract
In countries of Roman Catholic culture exposed to strong earthquakes, saints are frequently invoked as intercessors with God and protectors against earthquakes. In Italy, the patron saints of towns usually assume this role, but there are also saints more specialized in seismic protection and some who attracted a widespread devotion. This paper will examine how some saints achieved this status, in Italy and Spanish South America.
- Subjects
LATIN America; ITALY; CHRISTIAN saints; EARTHQUAKES in religion; POPULAR culture; EARTHQUAKES; VENERATION of Christian saints
- Publication
Earth Sciences History, 2018, Vol 37, Issue 1, p157
- ISSN
0736-623X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.17704/1944-6178-37.1.157