S. Luca
Community ID: 
 
514
 
Alternate Names: 
 
church was called S. Lucia Novella
 
Town: 
 
Fabriano
 
Diocese: 
 
Camerino
 
Region: 
 
Marche
 
Medieval Location: 
 
outside of the Porta Cervara; moved to outside of the Porta Pisara after it united with S. Salvatore (see "Incorporated By," below).
 
Date Terminated: 
 
1408 (September 30) -- see "Incorportated By," below.
 
Religious Order: 
 
Benedictine
 
Foundation Information: 
 

Had its origin as a monastery of "pentute" ("pentube"?) or "convertitie." Had a coat of amrs with a white cow and a closed book of evangel over it.

 
Incorporated By: 
 

On 30 Sept, 1408, Bishop Giovanni of Camerino transferred the monastery to the city and had it incorporated by the monastery of S. Salvatore (still extant).

 
Other Ecclesiastical Relations: 
 

Had 5 praedicators who acted as preachers of S. Lucia (earlier called "dominici"). In 1371 their procurator was Domenico di Gilia da Fabriano.
In 1587, 4 of the nuns left S. Luca (S. Salvatore?) to found the monastery of S. Benevento of Osimo.

 
Art & Artifacts: 
 

In the church (S. Lucia Novella) there are two marble epigraphs to the sisters mona Laura Ricci de Monte Carotto and Constante Maria Ciappi from Fabriano

 
Secondary Sources: 
 

Le chiese di Fabriano

Sassi, R. __Le pergamene dell'Archivio Domenicano di S. Lucia in Fabriano.__ Ancona: 1935.

Notizie storiche del Monastero di S. Margherita in Fabriano, p. 245.

"Fabriano: S. Luca." In __Attualite benedittine,__ p. 24.

 
Contributors: 
 
Suzanne Wemple-Kinder
 
Date Finished: 
 
1408
 
Length: 
 
1212