Raterio agiografo: l'"Invectiva de translatione sancti Metronis"

RATHERIUS AS A HAGIOGRAPHER: THE «INVECTIVA DE TRANSLATIONE SANCTI METRONIS» A deeper analysis of the sources of the Invectiva de translatione sancti Metronis, a short pamphlet written by Ratherius to complain about the theft of the saint’s relics, leads to the identification of the literary coordinates of the hagiographical model conceived by the author. Imaging a saint’s life, Ratherius is deeply involved in his own reflections and problems. In the same way he found the answers to his questions in the pages of Gregory the Great and the Church Fathers, he also finds there the words to outline his positive model, Saint Metro.