Art et Spiritualité: "Béguines de Provence"

A series of 3 morning conferences and 2 in the afternoon, 4:30–5:15 p.m.: Musical conclusion: portable organ (Frédéric Isoletta) and viola da gamba In collaboration with the association Amis des béguines de Provence

9:30 a.m.: Welcome 10:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.: conferences-

«The path of penance from Hyères to Marseille, Hugues and Douceline de Digne», by Damien Ruiz, medievalist and member of the Società internazionale di Studi Francescani, Assisi.-

«Archaeology of the sites of Marseille in the time of the béguines», by Marc Bouiron, Scientific and Technical Director at INRAP.-

«Douceline de Digne, her community, her miracles», by Sylvain Piron, researcher and lecturer at EHESS– CRH UMR 8558.- «Songs and liturgies of the béguines», by Hélène Derieux, PhD in musicology, IReMUS-CNRS, choir director of the Gregorian ensemble Gaudemus.

2:30–4:30 p.m.: conferences- «Delphine de Sabran, the noble béguine of Apt», by Sandra Poëzevara, Director of the Apt Museum.-

«From one canonization to another, from Elzear to Delphine de Sabran», by Chloé de la Barre, Curator of libraries, Deputy Head of the BnF's Economics-PRISME department, responsible for economics collections.

Round table: «Poverty, solidarity and holiness in Provence from yesterday to today»

4:30–5:15 p.m.: Musical conclusion: portable organ (Frédéric Isoletta) and viola da gamba.