Artist Info: Penitenziagite

Penitenziagite ("do penance") is a shortened version in vulgar Latin of the phrase "Poenitentiam agite, appropinquavit enim regnum caelorum", meaning "Repent: the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand."(Matthew 4:17). The phrase was used by the Dulcinian movement in the early 13th century, a movement named after the disciple Fra Dolcino. You probably remember humpback from Umberto Eco's novel The Name Of The Rose and the bonfire on which he burned as a heretic. [read more...]