The Benedictine monastery of Sts Hilary and Benedict, established in the early ninth century on the extreme Western end of the Lagoon, soon became an offshoot of Venice itself. The Monastery represented a relevant patrimonial and political presence qualifying as the monastery of the doges. From the very start the doges were its main benefactors and defenders. As such they remained over time, along all of the political changes. The localisation of this coenoby suggests that, throughout the ninth and tenth centuries, the Venetian élites were looking at the Terraferma, and its specific forms of social and political organisation, as a model to emulate, before the maritime vocation of Venice became a clear-cut priority.
Il monastero benedettino dei Santi Ilario e Benedetto, che sorge all’inizio del IX secolo sull’estremo margine occidentale della laguna veneziana, diventa presto una propaggine di Venezia nella terraferma, una presenza patrimoniale e politica connotata in modo particolare come monastero dei dogi. Questi ne sono fin dall’inizio i principali benefattori e difensori, e tali rimangono nel tempo, pur nel variare degli assetti politici. La localizzazione di questo cenobio suggerisce come, nel IX e X secolo, i gruppi dirigenti veneziani guardassero alla terraferma e alle sue forme di organizzazione politica e sociale come a un possibile modello da imitare, prima che diventasse prioritaria la vocazione marittima della città.
Il doge e i suoi monaci. Il monastero dei Santi Ilario e Benedetto di Venezia fra laguna e terraferma nei secoli IX-X.
RAPETTI, Anna Maria
2017-01-01
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The Benedictine monastery of Sts Hilary and Benedict, established in the early ninth century on the extreme Western end of the Lagoon, soon became an offshoot of Venice itself. The Monastery represented a relevant patrimonial and political presence qualifying as the monastery of the doges. From the very start the doges were its main benefactors and defenders. As such they remained over time, along all of the political changes. The localisation of this coenoby suggests that, throughout the ninth and tenth centuries, the Venetian élites were looking at the Terraferma, and its specific forms of social and political organisation, as a model to emulate, before the maritime vocation of Venice became a clear-cut priority.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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