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Dealing with episcopal culture in Milan during Lothar I's age (822-855), that is the age of Archbishop Angilbert II (824-859), is a difficult task, because of the lack of sources and uncertain origin of many extant manuscripts. As a matter of fact, Angilbert II shared a common cultural background with his transalpine colleagues, but he had to face the loss of the schools in Milan and to rebuild a cultural system which could also improve the political role of his see to the detriment of Pavia. This paper analyses some main features of his cultural policy: the activity of masters accustomed to the new ideas of Carolingian schools, in particular the role played by Hildemar and his library in Civate; the renewal of St. Ambrose's cult and Angilbert's iconographical choices on the golden altar of Sant'Ambrogio, in connection with literary activity in Milan (as for the case of bishop Mansuetus' letter copied in Montpellier, Bibliothèque Interuniversitaire, Faculté de medicine, H 233).

ITALIANO: Il trasferimento in Occidente di reliquie provenienti dai principati latini d'Oriente nel XII secolo fu spesso utilizzato come strategia politico-religiosa nel sostegno al movimento e agli stati crociati. Il ruolo svolto dalle donne laiche o religiose in questo campo presenta connotazioni specifiche, dovute alla realtà multiculturale di Outremer, che rimandano sia ai modelli bizantini di trasmissione ereditaria delle reliquie sia a innovative strategie di legittimazione del potere femminile in un contesto politico molto delicato (in particolare per l'invio di reliquie della Vera Croce). Tra i casi analizzati spicca quello delle badesse del monastero di Santa Maria la Grande di Gerusalemme, la cui autorità di custodi del santuario gerosolimitano e di garanti dell'auten- ticità delle reliquie inviate consentiva un ampio margine di autonomia nella gestione del sacro. / ENGLISH: During the twelfth century the translation of relics from the Crusader states to the West was often used as a religious and political strategy to disseminate the crusading ideas and support the Latin East. Noble and religious women played a special role in this phenomenon, which deserves to be studied. Thanks to the cross-cultural background of the Latin East, women were able to re-use previous Byzantine patterns of relic translation and new strategies to legitimize their power in a difficult political situation (especially for translating relics of the True Cross). One of the best examples involved the abbesses of Saint Mary Maior of Jerusalem, whose au- thority as guardians of the holy shrine allowed them to guarantee the authenticity of the relics they sent in the West, thus gaining considerable independence in managing sacred items.

Il trasferimento in Occidente di reliquie provenienti dai principati latini d'Oriente nel XII secolo fu spesso utilizzato come strategia politico-religiosa nel sostegno al movimento e agli stati crociati. Il ruolo svolto dalle donne laiche o religiose in questo campo presenta connotazioni specifiche, dovute alla realtà multiculturale di Outremer, che rimandano sia ai modelli bizantini di trasmissione ereditaria delle reliquie sia a innovative strategie di legittimazione del potere femminile in un contesto politico molto delicato (in particolare per l'invio di reliquie della Vera Croce). Tra i casi analizzati spicca quello delle badesse del monastero di Santa Maria la Grande di Gerusalemme, la cui autorità di custodi del santuario gerosolimitano e di garanti dell'auten- ticità delle reliquie inviate consentiva un ampio margine di autonomia nella gestione del sacro. ; During the twelfth century the translation of relics from the Crusader states to the West was often used as a religious and political strategy to disseminate the crusading ideas and support the Latin East. Noble and religious women played a special role in this phenomenon, which deserves to be studied. Thanks to the cross-cultural background of the Latin East, women were able to re-use previous Byzantine patterns of relic translation and new strategies to legitimize their power in a difficult political situation (especially for translating relics of the True Cross). One of the best examples involved the abbesses of Saint Mary Maior of Jerusalem, whose au- thority as guardians of the holy shrine allowed them to guarantee the authenticity of the relics they sent in the West, thus gaining considerable independence in managing sacred items.