"Renewed in Each Sex": Women and Men in the Rediscovered Life of Saint Francis of Assisi
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Franciscan Institute, St. Bonaventure Univ.; Women in the Franciscan Intellectual Tradition (WIFIT)
Organizer Name
Diane V. Tomkinson, OSF
Organizer Affiliation
Neumann Univ.
Presider Name
Diane V. Tomkinson, OSF
Paper Title 1
Thomas of Celano's Rediscovered Life of St. Francis: Where Have Clare and the Sisters Gone?
Presenter 1 Name
Jean-François Godet-Calogeras
Presenter 1 Affiliation
Franciscan Institute, St. Bonaventure Univ.
Paper Title 2
The Lost First Companion of Saint Francis
Presenter 2 Name
Kevin Elphick
Presenter 2 Affiliation
Franciscan Brothers of the Resurrection
Paper Title 3
"Invoked by the Bystanders": Francis of Assisi and the Faithful Laity in the Vita brevior
Presenter 3 Name
Darleen Pryds
Presenter 3 Affiliation
Franciscan School of Theology
Start Date
11-5-2017 3:30 PM
Session Location
Bernhard 213
Description
Papers will examine the implications of Thomas of Celano's rediscovered "vita brevior" for understanding relationships among medieval women and men associated with Francis of Assisi and the early Franciscan movement, from Francis' earliest companion, to Clare and her sisters, to female and male lay petitioners in the miracle accounts of the "Rediscovered Life"
Diane V. Tomkinson
"Renewed in Each Sex": Women and Men in the Rediscovered Life of Saint Francis of Assisi
Bernhard 213
Papers will examine the implications of Thomas of Celano's rediscovered "vita brevior" for understanding relationships among medieval women and men associated with Francis of Assisi and the early Franciscan movement, from Francis' earliest companion, to Clare and her sisters, to female and male lay petitioners in the miracle accounts of the "Rediscovered Life"
Diane V. Tomkinson