A fake saint and the true church : the story of a forgery in seventeenth-century Naples / Stefania Tutino.

'A Fake Saint and the True Church' offers the remarkable story of a fake saint to contemplate the meaning of truth. It follows the efforts made by the supposed saint's (real) 17th-century descendant to promote his cult in Naples and Rome. This story reminds us that distinguishing the...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Oxford Scholarship Online)
Main Author: Tutino, Stefania (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021.
Series:Oxford scholarship online.
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