Chairs and coordinates
Nicolangelo D'Acunto, Director of the Department of Medieval, Humanist and Renaissance Studies at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Institutional greetings
Mario Taccolini, Coordinator of the Development Strategies of the Brescia Campus of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Relationships
Seeing is believing. A brief history of the reconnaissance of the bodies of Faustino and Giovita
Simona Gavinelli, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Patrons and relics in the magisterium of Paul VI
Simona Negruzzo, University of Pavia
Episodes of sacred theft in the territory of Brescia between the Middle Ages and the modern age
Diego Cancrini, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
An appointment that is both scientific and popular on the link between corporeality and the sacred, where the study of relics reveals how the mortal remains are transfigured into living memory. The remains of the saints, understood as a mediation of salvation and tangible signs of holiness, are offered as instruments of intercession and protection: a powerful call that questions the faith of the devout and solicits the hearts of the unbelievers.
