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Gautier, canon of the abbey of Arrouaise, wrote between 1162 and 1177 a Translation of Saint Monica that made him, in a way, the inventor of Monica’s cult. For the most part, the Translation narrates in detail Gautier’s journey to Ostia and the many difficulties he faced. This makes the text also a milestone as regards the affirmation of the person and his feelings in medieval writing, if not in the development of the autobiographical genre. The article offers a new commented edition and translation of this astonishing text.
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