Saints and signs : a semiotic reading of conversion in early modern Catholicism / Massimo Leone.

Catholic saints are also signs. Through the saints, the Catholic Church communicates certain models of spirituality. After the Reformation, saints became the media through which the Catholic Church represented and promoted a renewal of the Catholic faith in Europe and in its colonies. Saints and Sig...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author:	Leone, Massimo, 1975-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter, ©2010.
Series:	Religion and society (Hague, Netherlands) ; 48.
Subjects:	Catholic Church > Doctrines. Catholic Church > History. Christian saints. Idols and images. Hagiography. Christian art and symbolism. Catholic Church. Theology, Doctrinal. History.