Sant’Antioco sulcitano: il culto, il santuario, le immagini dal tardoantico al barocco

PALA, ANDREA

2013-01-01

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Abstract

The church and shrine of Sant’Antioco is located in the homonymous island in the region of Sardinia called Sulcis. The cult of the martyred saint to whom the church is evidenced by an inscription attributed to the seventh century, placed inside the building until the seventeenth century. The veneration of Antioco in Sardinia seems more remote date refers to enrollment, hypothesis supported by the recent discovery of two leaden seals bearing the name of the saint dating to the sixth century. The contribution make a digression on the veneration of the martyr in the island, in particular the text review the most representative images of Antioco included in a period of time ranging from VI to XVIII century. The paper also proposes a reading of images of the saint through the written sources of the seventeenth century.