Resumen de L'eclisse della visione nelle Vite di Aldegonda di Maubeuge
The hagiographic dossier of Aldegond of Maubeuge contains many instances of visionary experiences, mostly retraceable to a lost Liber visionum by the holy abbess. However, the attention of her Vitae in this regard progressively declines from the seventh-ninth centuries (BHL 244-245) to the eleventh century (BHL 247-248). The article documents this phenomenon, which affects the visions of Aldegond more than those concerning Aldegond or the miracles, and evidences its modalities as regards the rewriting techniques used by the hagiographers and the overall structure of the texts. The element that explains this transformation is the change of audience and, above all, of how the figure of the saint functions: from an efficacious patroness to an example of monastic virtue
