TY - JOUR
TI - Tormented and Glorified Body – The Example of St. Adalbert and St. Stanislaus
AU - Starnawska, Maria
TI - Tormented and Glorified Body – The Example of St. Adalbert and St. Stanislaus
AB - The two medieval patron saints of Poland, St. Adalbert and St. Stanislaus, both suffered martyrdom. The tradition of the life and the martyrdom of St. Adalbert developed from the end of the tenth century until the late Middle Ages. On the contrary, the tradition of St. Stanislaus’s martyrdom arose at the turn of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries and had a fully developed form. Information about the details of the martyrdom of both saints are contained in various types of sources: hagiographical, historical and liturgical poetry. In the accounts of martyrdom there are mentions of gestures made by three subjects: the martyr, the killers and God. As a result of these acts, the body is martyred and destroyed, but the soul of the martyr is glorified. Numerous marks on the martyr’s body visible during martyrdom confirm the glory achieved by his soul.
VL - 2024
IS - Tom 15 (2024)/2
PY - 2024
SN - 2081-3309
C1 - 2391-6001
SP - 13
EP - 26
DO - 10.4467/23916001HG.24.019.20446
UR - https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/studia-historica-gedanensia/artykul/tormented-and-glorified-body-the-example-of-st-adalbert-and-st-stanislaus
KW - St. Adalbert
KW - St. Stanislaus
KW - martyrdom
KW - body
KW - hagiography