Casa e spazio domestico nel Memoriale di Angela da Foligno

Abstract

The paper offers an analysis of the role of domestic space in Memoriale by Angela of Foligno, highlighting how, in the saint’s mystical journey, the home becomes a central place of revelation and spiritual transformation. Through a close reading of the texts, it shows how Angela’s most intense experiences are rooted in the everyday – simple gestures and familial relationships – reinterpreted in the light of her encounter with God. The home is not merely a biographical backdrop but a theological environment, an interior cell, and a nuptial space. Angela’s spiritual experience thus provides a key to rethinking the relationship between space, body, and the divine in the context of medieval sanctity.