Talk:Ansanus

POV problems
This article is actually unreferenced. The two notes in the Infobox do not address the life of Ansano directly. I presume that the material is derived from one of the external links.

The source material for the article is completely unbalanced. It depends on an uncritical and one-sided repetition of devotional and hagiographical web sites. No effort is made to present other points of view, or even to show skepticism over miraculous events, such as a person surviving being boiled (not just quick-dipped) in oil. It is a commonplace to attribute martyrdoms to the Diocletianic persecution of 303, but most of them appear to be fictional.

For some balance, and details, see:


 * Barcellona, Francesco Scorza (1991), "Un martire locale: Ansano," Bollettino senese di storia patria 97 (Siena: Tip. e Lit. Sordo-Muti di L. Lazzeri 1991), pp. 1-25.
 * Lanzoni, Francesco (1927). Le diocesi d'Italia dalle origini al principio del secolo VII (an. 604). Faenza: F. Lega, pp. pp. 564-565.
 * Bisogni, F. (1991), "L'iconografia di Ansano," in: F. E. Consolino (ed.), I santi patroni senesi (Siena 1991), pp. 95-115.
 * Kemp-Welch, Alice (1911), "The Emblem of St. Ansano," The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs Vol. 18, No. 96 (March 1911), pp. 337-339.
 * Bisogni, F. (1991), "L'iconografia di Ansano," in: F. E. Consolino (ed.), I santi patroni senesi (Siena 1991), pp. 95-115.
 * Kemp-Welch, Alice (1911), "The Emblem of St. Ansano," The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs Vol. 18, No. 96 (March 1911), pp. 337-339.

--Vicedomino (talk) 18:13, 10 May 2019 (UTC)