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| * [[reading notes]]: //The Garden of Saint Francis; plants, landscape and economy in 13-th century Italy// | * [[reading notes]]: //The Garden of Saint Francis; plants, landscape and economy in 13-th century Italy// | ||
| - | Many of the Early Desert Hermit Saints had a small simple garden-patch next to their caves, as symbols of self-sufficiency and their escape from secular society. | + | Many of the Early Desert Hermit Saints had a small simple garden-patch next to their caves. |
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| In addition to the suggestion that monks with gardens had escaped from | In addition to the suggestion that monks with gardens had escaped from | ||
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| - | Monasteries followed in this tradition with very practical and humble | + | Monasteries followed in this tradition with very practical and straightforward |
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| ...the typical vegetables, generally associated with humility, included cabbage, leeks, beans, garlic, onions, turnips, and radishes, with whatever else might be necessary in the infirmary. | ...the typical vegetables, generally associated with humility, included cabbage, leeks, beans, garlic, onions, turnips, and radishes, with whatever else might be necessary in the infirmary. | ||
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| - | The garden as a concept seems to contradict the Franciscan notions of ownership. Thomas of Celano, writer of the first biography of the saint explains: Saint Francis had very unusual gardening advice. He thought there should be no ditches or fences around a garden, because this denotes private ownership. There should be nothing to mark the difference between the garden and surroundings. | + | The garden as a concept seems to contradict the Franciscan notions of ownership. Thomas of Celano, writer of the first biography of the saint explains: Saint Francis had very unusual gardening advice. He thought there should be no ditches or fences around a garden, because this denotes private ownership. There should be nothing to mark the difference between the garden and surroundings. |
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| In addition, the unditched borders diminish the sense that the garden is a private possession being managed by a proprietary overseer. It is instructive to note here that one of the most common garden motifs in hagiographical literature relates to saints and holy men who, by supernatural means, prevent intruders from entering their enclosed gardens and stealing their vegetables. For example, St. Felix' | In addition, the unditched borders diminish the sense that the garden is a private possession being managed by a proprietary overseer. It is instructive to note here that one of the most common garden motifs in hagiographical literature relates to saints and holy men who, by supernatural means, prevent intruders from entering their enclosed gardens and stealing their vegetables. For example, St. Felix' | ||
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| - | [1]The view of brother Francis as a hilarious Jesus impersonator and performance artist, has been put forward by the dutch writer Kees 't Hart, in a booklet | + | [1]The view of brother Francis as a hilarious Jesus impersonator and performance artist, has been put forward by the dutch writer Kees 't Hart, in a booklet |
| - | More on Saint Francis as a patron saint of ecology, in the last paragraph on this page: | ||
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