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Jacopone da Todi (yäkōpô`nā dä tô`dē), 1230?–1306, Italian religious poet, whose name was originally Jacopo Benedetti. After the sudden death of his wife, he renounced (c.1268) his career as an advocate, gave his goods to the poor, and after 10 years of penance became a Franciscan tertiary. Jacopone was excommunicated and imprisoned (1298) for signing a manifesto against Pope Boniface VIII. After his release, he retired to a hermitage. He wrote many ardent, mystical poems and is probably the author of the hymn Stabat Mater Dolorosa. The spiritual value of poverty is frequently the theme of his poetry.
BibliographySee E. Underhill, Jacopone da Todi, Poet and Mystic (with selections, 1919); H. White, A Watch in the Night (1933). How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Short shows how these appear in authors writing in the Franciscan tradition: medieval masters and mistresses such as Angela of Foligno, the poet Jacopone da Todi, Ubertino da Casale (who influenced Dante), Saint Bonaventure, and Duns Scotus. One such is Jacopone da Todi, a thirteeth-century Franciscan Spiritual, whose contribution to early Italian literature earns him an entry in The Encyclopedia Britannica. The editors go back to early patristic authors like Ignatius of Antioch and Clement of Alexandria, provide a fair selection from the Syriac patristic tradition whose theology is almost always done in poetry and hymns, through the medievals like Dante and Jacopone da Todi to the early modern and into the modern period. |
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