SAN ANTONIO DE LISBOA Y "EL SANTO": ENTRE LA VENERACIÓN Y LA (¿SIMPLE?) FICCIÓN. (Spanish)

Saint Anthony of Lisboa and "the saint": between veneration and (simple?) fiction. (English)

The Christian veneration of saints, especially in the Roman Catholic and Orthodox Churches establishes issues in criticizing religion on the perception of authenticity of faith of their devoted believers. Such is the situation that has taken place regarding Saint Anthony of Padua. This essay explores his life line and some of the events that took place in several steps taken to proclaim his sanctity, in such way that there was an effort to revise the history and also the legendary aspects of the "Saint" throughout the nine centuries following his death. At the end, using the hermeneutical method to interpret diverse facts for a new understanding of the fiction that has been created around him. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

La veneración cristiana de los santos, en especial la católica romana y la ortodoxa, plantean dificultades a la crítica de la religión cuando trata de percibir la autenticidad de la fe del creyente devoto. Ha sucedido y continúa sucediendo, respecto de san Antonio de Padua, un caso relevante en este aspecto. El presente ensayo muestra el itinerario de su vida y de algunas facetas de lo acontecido en varias latitudes tras la proclamación de su santidad, de tal manera que se procuró revisar cuánto hay de construido a lo largo de la historia y quizá de legendario en "el Santo" de los nueve siglos sucesivos a su muerte. Y proponiendo al final, con el mismo método hermenéutico que interpreta los diversos hechos, los presupuestos para una comprensión nueva de la ficción que en torno a él ha ido entretejiéndose. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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