NAVARRO DURAN, ROSA / GONZALO DE BERCEO EDEBÉ (OBRA COLECTIVA)
These legends teach us how Santa Maria always helps those who seekhelp. But they also show her sometimes angry, striking the devil orscolding a proud bishop. Reading these stories we'll hear an image ofChrist, speak as a witness, and we'll see how the insensitive Teófilogives his soul to the devil in a letter. Or how the Virgin saves awoman from drowning in stormy seas, and helps her to give birth. These stories are tender, wonderful and shine a light on everyday life from long, long ago. Gonzalo was born in 1195 in Berceo and educated atthe monastery San Millan de Suso in La Rioja. He was a cleric and thefirst known poet to write in the Spanish language. His final poem, LaVida de Santa Oria was composed in 1260 and soon after he died.(c.1264). Milagros de Santa María was written over many years, andbased in part on notes taken from accounts of the virgin's miracles in Latin Texts.
