Abstract
This study explores the intra-textual and inter-textual connections existing between Pietro del Morrone, elected Pope Celestino V, the protagonist of Silone's L'avventura d'un povero cristiano and Pietro Spina, the author's main character of Vino e pane, Ed egli si nascose, and Il seme sotto la neve. Both characters undertake parallel journeys, but whereas Pietro Spina's voyage is essentially secular in nature, Pietro del Morrone's is essentially mystical. With a political revolutionist on the one hand and a religious leader on the the other, Silone, by reinterpreting history, shows us a dual pattern of behavioral tenet.
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