Custodi del sacro: monache, reliquie e immagini miracolose nella Roma della Controriforma
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In the sixteenth century, the cult of relics was attacked as a form of superstition from
Protestants and banned from the Reformed countries. However, it was transformed by the
Catholic Church precisely in an instrument to respond to the Lutheran and Calvinist polemics,
through the re-launching of devotional practices such as pilgrimages, public expositions and
feasts of patron saints. Feminine monasteries were among the favorite places for the custody
of relics and icons considered miraculous, which were collected over the centuries in the
Christian lands. Indeed, the presence of sacred relics contributed to the prestige of the various
cloisters, together with the rigorous and exemplary life conducted by the nuns and with the
“fame of sanctity” which enjoyed some of them. Moreover, the exposition of relics and images
as well as the magnificent ceremonies, organized on the occasion of their discovery and
translations, allowed the nuns to keep a prominent role on the stage of the devotional life of
the city, despite the constraints imposed by the enclosure. Ceremonies and processions were
also functional to exalt Rome as the “holy city” par excellence and, consequently, its reigning
pontiff.
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