Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 2623
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Mueller , Joan.
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  • Title: Clare of Assisi and the Agnes Legend: A Franciscan Citing of St. Agnes of Rome as "Mulier Sancta" [discusses the possible source of Clare's references to the "Legend of St. Agnes" in her letters to Agnes of Prague; the author takes excerpts from the Office of Matins for the Feast of St. Agnes of Rome from the "Regula Breviary" and compares them with sections from Clare's letters].
  • Source: Studies in Spirituality 8, ( 1998): Pages 141 - 161.
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  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Agnes, Martyr, Saint Clare of Assisi, Saint Hagiography Liturgy Women in Religion
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  • Geographic Area: Italy
  • Century: 13
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  • Abstract: The legend of Saint Agnes of Rome served as a paradigm for the spirituality of medieval religious women. It is not surprising, therefore, that one finds references to this Legend in the writings of medieval women. This study analyzes Clare of Assisi's use of the Agnes Legend in her letters to Agnes of Prague and suggests the ancient Roman office of St. Agnes as Clare's primary source for this Legend. [Reproduced with permission of the Titus Brandsma Institute (The Netherlands). Copies of "Studies in Spirituality" can be ordered from the publisher: Peeters Publishers, Bondgenotenlaan 153, B-3000 Louvain (www.peeters-leuven.be).]
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  • Author's Affiliation: Creighton University
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  • Year of Publication: 1998.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 09266453