San La Muerte, el monje compasivo: mitopoesis y acomodación social en una devoción popular estigmatizada

Abstract: The growth of faith in San La Muerte in Argentina has been accompanied by the legend that he was a pious monk that cared for lepers. Envious of his popularity and noble heart, he was incarcerated and left to die of hunger by fellow priests. The skeleton of the monk became the saint that...

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Autor principal: Frigerio, Alejandro
Formato: Artículo
Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Fabrizio Serra editore 2021
Materias:
RELIGIOSIDAD POPULAR
San La Muerte
CULTOS
Acceso en línea:https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/12542
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Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Católica Argentina (UCA) de Universidad Católica Argentina
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topic RELIGIOSIDAD POPULAR
San La Muerte
CULTOS
spellingShingle RELIGIOSIDAD POPULAR
San La Muerte
CULTOS
Frigerio, Alejandro
San La Muerte, el monje compasivo: mitopoesis y acomodación social en una devoción popular estigmatizada
topic_facet RELIGIOSIDAD POPULAR
San La Muerte
CULTOS
description Abstract: The growth of faith in San La Muerte in Argentina has been accompanied by the legend that he was a pious monk that cared for lepers. Envious of his popularity and noble heart, he was incarcerated and left to die of hunger by fellow priests. The skeleton of the monk became the saint that is worshipped today. This story serves several purposes. It equates him with other Catholic saints, since he led a pious life and was martyred by virtue of his good deeds. However, it also provides a critical view of the Church and places the saint/monk close to the sufferings of the common people. The story also differentiates him from the Mexican Santa Muerte - which, according to Argentine devotees, never had an earthly passage - and likens him to other Argentine folk saints, especially to a series of sanctified social bandits who were murdered by powerful social actors for siding with the underlings. It also serves as a form of social accommodation as followers of a stigmatized saint can now claim to worship a person who led a pious life and not merely "Death" as a denial of life -as their critics claim.
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title_short San La Muerte, el monje compasivo: mitopoesis y acomodación social en una devoción popular estigmatizada
title_full San La Muerte, el monje compasivo: mitopoesis y acomodación social en una devoción popular estigmatizada
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