Leggende e pratiche religiose tradizionali nel Salento di fine Seicento: "Antichità di Leuca" di Luigi Tasselli

The figure of Luigi Tasselli, a Franciscan savant from Salento and author of the historical and chorographic work "Antichità di Leuca", has long been denigrated for the lack of historical criteria in his work. The work, however, today represents an important source for the reconstruction of legends, traditions and religious practices of the ancient Terra d'Otranto at the end of the seventeenth century, some of which are no longer known by the local population. In this work there are continuous references to elements of the landscape that are still significant for the inhabitants of Salento. We can also perceive the cultural physiognomy of Salento in the early modern age, a land of encounter between two cultures: the Latin West and the Byzantine East.

Luigi Tasselli是来自萨兰托的方济各会学者，同时也是历史与地方志著作《莱乌卡古迹》（Antichità di Leuca）的作者。长期以来，因其著作中缺乏历史标准，他的形象一直受到贬低。然而，这部著作如今已成为重构17世纪末古奥特兰托地区（Terra d'Otranto）传说、传统与宗教习俗的重要资料来源——其中部分内容已不为当地民众所知。书中持续提及萨兰托居民至今仍重视的景观元素。我们还能从中窥见近代早期萨兰托的文化面貌：这片土地是拉丁西方与拜占庭东方两种文化的交汇之地。