Sulle origini del priorato cluniacense di Santa Maria delle Giummare di Sciacca (XII secolo)
About the origins of the Cluniac Priory of Santa Maria delle Giummare of Sciacca (12th century)
Abstract
The priory of Sciacca was founded, according to tradition, by Judith, daughter of Roger I and attested as the only Sicilian example among the numerous priories created between the second half of the eleventh century and the beginning of the twelfth in Italy. Despite the particularity, the monastery has been little studied and several questions have to be answered. The essay analyzes the open questions related to the origins of the monastery and, therefore, to the date and document of foundation, to the founder and to the choice of the Cluniac order, restricting the chronological period in which the foundation could be realized and hypothesizing its reasons.
Il priorato di Sciacca fu fondato, secondo la tradizione, da Giuditta, figlia di Ruggero I e si attestò come unico esemplare siciliano tra i numerosi priorati creati tra la seconda metà dell’XI secolo e gli inizi del XII in Italia. Nonostante la particolarità, il monastero è stato poco studiato e diversi interrogativi attendono ancora una soluzione. Il saggio analizza le questioni aperte legate alle origini del monastero e, quindi, alla data e al documento di fondazione, alla fondatrice e alla scelta dell’ordine cluniacense, restringendo l’arco cronologico in cui poté realizzarsi la fondazione e ipotizzandone le ragioni.
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