Langer, Pavla
Der Heilige im Gehäuse: Die Grabstätte des heiligen Bernhardin in L’Aquila im Kontext der Heiligenverehrung des 15. und frühen 16. Jahrhunderts
The Franciscan preacher Bernardino of Siena (can. 1450) is one of the most important saints of the 15th century. His funerary monument in S. Bernardino, L'Aquila, is extraordinary in formal terms and at the same time an example of new visual strategies in saints’ cults at the beginning of the early modern period. in 1505 the free-standing and richly decorated mausoleum was designed by the Aquilano sculptor Silvestro di Giacomo. Its large openings give insight into the vaulted interior and the undivided saint’s body. This study analyses Bernardino's sepulchre and burial church comprehensively regarding their typological, devotional, civic and urbanistic significance.
