Eremiti e fraticelli del tempo suo nei giudizi di Antonio de Ferrariis Galateo

Antony de Ferrariis, Galateo (Galatone 1446-Lecce 1517), laudator temporis acta, values, in his writings, the behaviors of the ancients as laudable and that one of the contemporary as blameworthy. In particular, he condemns the hermits and the friars for the crime of Lese Mayesty towards every heavenly and earthly rule including his patrons of Aragon, sovereigns in Naples. For all anonymous hermits, in his opinion haughty, conceited, arrogant as the protagonist of the dialogue Heremita, indicates as example a Francis, identifiable, but in negative, with the Calabrian saint from Paola, well-known as flogger of king Ferrante. (Traduzione di Giovanna Ciracì).