LEŠÁK, Martin. The "Glorious Traveler": St Foy´s Triumphal March from Rodez to Conques or the Liturgical Afterlife of Two Medieval Reliquaries. In Ivan Foletti, Cynthia Hahn, Kris N. Racaniello, Cécile Voyer, Adrien Palladino. Contextualizing Conques, Imaginaries, Narratives & Geographies. Convivium Supplementum. Brno: Brepols, 2023, p. 42-63. vol. 13. ISBN 978-80-280-0425-5. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1484/M.CONVISUP-EB.5.137360.
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Original name The "Glorious Traveler": St Foy´s Triumphal March from Rodez to Conques or the Liturgical Afterlife of Two Medieval Reliquaries
Authors LEŠÁK, Martin (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
Edition Convivium Supplementum. Brno, Contextualizing Conques, Imaginaries, Narratives & Geographies, p. 42-63, 22 pp. vol. 13, 2023.
Publisher Brepols
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Original language English
Type of outcome Chapter(s) of a specialized book
Field of Study 60401 Arts, Art history
Country of publisher Belgium
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
Publication form printed version "print"
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14210/23:00132689
Organization unit Faculty of Arts
ISBN 978-80-280-0425-5
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1484/M.CONVISUP-EB.5.137360
UT WoS 001158126400006
Keywords (in Czech) Conques; Rodez; sv. Fides; Francouzská třetí republika; Joseph-Christian-Ernest Bourret; Justin Bessou; středověké relikviáře; procesí s relikviemi; socha-relikviář sv. Fides; truhla opata Bonifáce
Keywords in English Conques; Rodez; St Foy; French Third Republic; Joseph-Christian-Ernest Bourret; Justin Bessou; medieval reliquaries; relic procession; statue-reliquary of St Foy; coffret of Abbot Boniface
Tags International impact, Reviewed
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Abstract
The sealing of St Foy’s relics in two medieval reliquaries and their subsequent placement in new protective shrines in Rodez on the 4th of October, 1878, initiated a long marathon of festivities dedicated to the saint. The celebrations culminated on Saturday and Sunday, the 12th and 13th of October, when a two-day long procession transported the martyr´s remains from the Rodez cathedral back to the abbey church of Conques, covering a distance of circa forty kilometers. The article delves into contemporary programs and reports published in the Revue religieuse de Rodez et de Mende to reconstruct the itinerary of this well-promoted march, which manifests the success of the bishop of Rodez and Vabres, Joseph-Christian-Ernest Bourret´s (1827–1896) fruitful campaign to resuscitate the cult of St Foy during his incumbency. In addition, it considers poems composed for the occasion by the local poet and priest Justin Bessou (1845–1918). Analysis sheds light on the soundscape of the procession and the liturgical afterlife of the newly restored medieval reliquaries of St Foy. It further reveals the sharply divided dynamic within French society in the early years of the Third Republic.
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101007770, interní kód MUName: Conques in the Global World. Transferring Knowledge: from Material to Immaterial Heritage (Acronym: Conques)
Investor: European Union, MSCA Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (Excellent Science)
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