La santità estrema di Angela da Foligno

Abstract

The paper aims to investigate the extreme sanctity of Angela of Foligno by analyzing certain passages of Memoriale that are particularly eloquent in expressing this quality thanks to the powerful intensity of the images they convey. And yet Angela’s extremism is expressed not through her visions or ascetic actions – however intense they may be – but in her total adherence to God, her embracing pure love in its highest and most extreme form.