{"title":"Female Saints as Agents of Female Healing","authors":"Iliana Kandzha","doi":"10.2307/j.ctvzgb78b.7","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This essay studies the mechanics informing the construction of a single\n healing cult, that of the virgin saint Empress Cunigunde (c.980-1033)\n and its gender aspects. The shrine of St. Cunigunde in Bamberg was well\n known as a healing space after her canonization in 1200, although the\n first miracle collection does not reveal any medical specialization of the\n cult. Using previously neglected late medieval narrative and archival\n material, the essay shows that Cunigunde was a popular female patron\n whose assistance was sought by women, especially during childbirth. This\n case of female medical patronage is analysed alongside similar practices\n in the cults of other saints and is regarded as one of the resources for\n female convalescence in the medical market of that time.","PeriodicalId":237056,"journal":{"name":"Gender, Health, and Healing, 1250-1550","volume":"58 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2020-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Gender, Health, and Healing, 1250-1550","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvzgb78b.7","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This essay studies the mechanics informing the construction of a single
healing cult, that of the virgin saint Empress Cunigunde (c.980-1033)
and its gender aspects. The shrine of St. Cunigunde in Bamberg was well
known as a healing space after her canonization in 1200, although the
first miracle collection does not reveal any medical specialization of the
cult. Using previously neglected late medieval narrative and archival
material, the essay shows that Cunigunde was a popular female patron
whose assistance was sought by women, especially during childbirth. This
case of female medical patronage is analysed alongside similar practices
in the cults of other saints and is regarded as one of the resources for
female convalescence in the medical market of that time.