[The Participation of Italian Historians From the End of the 19th Century in Spreading the Cyrillo-Methodian Cult (Pietro Balan, Pietro Pressutti, Gaetano Alimonda, Domenico Bartolini)]

Abstract: The author mainly dedicated her study to the Cyrillo-Methodian cult and put emphasis on the way of its representation in the works of that period of time whose common feature is a specific historical period – the end of the 19th century Apart from this, focuses her attention on the common geographical provenience of the authors of the introduced works that is Italy. In the text, the author aim at some works of Pietro Balan, Pietro Pressutti, Gaetano Alimonda and Domenico Bartolini, which she selected on the basis of two temporal and conceptual criteria in the course of the papacy of Leo XIII: the year 1880 – the release of the Encyclical Grande munus – and the year 1881 – the organisation of ta thanksgiving pilgrimage in Rome in the presence of the Slavs. Not less essential point of our research is the specification of the existence of the Cyrillo-Methodian cult in the discussed works using analytical and comparative methods. In our contribution, we finally try to synthesise the gained results in the form of defining of common traits in understanding and the way of representation of the Cyrillo-Methodian tradition in the analysed works of the above stated Italian historians.

Authors: Lukáčová, Martina

DOI: 10.17846/CL.2020.13.1.177-186

Publication order reference: Mgr. Martina Lukáčová, PhD.; Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Faculty of Arts, Department of Romance Studies, Hodžova 1, 949 74 Nitra, Slovakia; email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Source: Konštatínove listy, 2020, vol.: 13, issue: 1, pages: 177-186 (PDF file)

Keywords: THE CYRILLO-METHODIAN CULT, POPE LEO XIII, ENCYCLICAL GRANDE MUNUS, PIETRO BALAN, PIETRO PRESSUTTI, GAETANO ALIMONDA, DOMENICO BARTOLINI

Language: SLOVAK