Svevi o Angioini alla periferia di Bisanzio. Le storie di S. Caterina e S. Margherita sulla volta di Santa Maria della Croce a Casaranello

Swabians and Angevins on the outskirts of Byzantium. The stories of St. Catherine and St. Margaret on the vault of S. Maria della Croce at Casaranello (Lecce) The hagiographical cycles on the vault of S. Maria della Croce at Casaranello, in the Salento region, by scholars have been dated from the time of Frederick II up to the early fourteenth century. In this paper, by analyzing of the historical context and of the iconographic and stylistic elements, the author proposes a dating at the Angevin age and in particular at the last quarter of the thirteenth century, highlighting also the relations with the French figurative culture of the time of St. Louis.