Corpus Domini
Community ID: 
 
563
 
Town: 
 
Pesaro
 
Diocese: 
 
Pesaro
 
Region: 
 
Marche
 
Corporate Status: 
 
Convent and Hospital
 
Date Founded: 
 
1438
 
Date Terminated: 
 
1732
 
Religious Order: 
 
Poor Clares
 
Foundation Information: 
 

The monastery was erected by Felice Meda, who was already abbess at the convent of S. Orsola in Milan. The monastery's church had been founded by Galazzo Maletesie and his wife, Baltista Feltrie. It was they who brought Felice to Pesaro.

 
First Members: 
 

8 sisters from Felice Meda's convent in Milan.

 
Notable Heads: 
 

B. Felice Meda (d. Sept 30, 1444), abbess from 1339-44.

 
Notable Members/Residents/Guests: 
 

Eugenia de Novarra; Blessed Serafina Feltra

 
Population Counts: 
 

1438: 8 sisters came from S. Orsola in Milan

 
Priveleges & Papal Exemptions: 
 

Eugenius IV: 28 November 1438

 
Incorporated Communities: 
 

Incorporated S. Chiara (see S. Chiara) in 1485, per the order of Pope Innocent VIII. According to Répertoire topo-bibliographique des abbayes et prieurés, both of these houses were combined to form a new monastery in the same town, founded by Baptiste Malatesta c. 1440.

 
Early Documents: 
 

1457: monastery was refuge of Svena di Montefeltro, wife of Duke Alessandro Sforza; 1485: Bull of Innocent VIII transferrs the nuns of S. Chiara to Corpus Domini (or to other monasteries)

 
Secondary Sources: 
 

Inventari dei manoscritti delle biblioteche d'Italia, vol. XXXV; Inventari dei manoscritti delle biblioteche d'Italia, pp. 58-63; I Santi di Pesaro : calendario della Giunta Diocesana, pp. 38-39; Répertoire topo-bibliographique des abbayes et prieurés, 2261.

 
Contributors: 
 
Suzanne Wemple-Kinder; Marie Kelleher
 
Date Started: 
 
1438
 
Date Finished: 
 
1732
 
Length: 
 
1159