Language:
German
Year of publication:
1987
Titel der Quelle:
Zeitschrift für Volkskunde
Angaben zur Quelle:
83,2 (1987) 169-192
Keywords:
Antisemitism History 1500-
;
Antisemitism History 1945-
;
Blood accusation
;
Christianity and antisemitism
;
Rinn (Austria)
Abstract:
A paper presented at a conference held in Budapest, September 1987. Following a decision of Vatican Council II and a papal decree of 1961, it was decided to annul the veneration of the child Andreas Oxner (Anderl von Rinn), a supposed victim of a ritual murder by Jews in the church of Judenstein in Rinn in the 15th century. The population of Rinn (a village in the Austrian Tyrol) and its surroundings protested vehemently against the annulment. Historical research shows that the "Anderl legend" was invented in 1619 by the physician Hyppolit Guarinoni, about 150 years after the supposed death of Andreas. Guarinoni, originally from Trent, invented a local equivalent of the Trent blood libel. Opposition to the cult, expressed by the Bishop of Innsbruck, Reinhold Stecher, and the local pastor, and the changes introduced in 1984, resulted in antisemitic reactions all over Austria. Traces developments in the affair since 1984, including media reactions.
Note:
Appeared in Hungarian as "Vallás, érzelmek és tiltakozás között (Rinni András tiszteletének beszüntetése Tirolban az 1980-as években)" in "A hagyomány kötelékében" (1990) 235-246. Appeared in English as "Religion between sentiment and protest; the suspension of the cult of 'Andreas von Rinn' in the Tyrol" in the "International Folklore Review" 10 (1995) 21-34.
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