S. Maria Annunziata
Community ID: 
 
708
 
Town: 
 
Saluzzo
 
Diocese: 
 
Saluzzo
 
Region: 
 
Piedmont
 
Religious Order: 
 
Cistercian
 
Notable Heads: 
 

Donna Dorothea, prioress in 1569; Donna Teresa Crocefissa della torre, abbess in 1797.

 
Population Counts: 
 

1623: 22 nuns

 
Incorporated Communities: 
 

S. Antonio (see S. Antonio) in 1725.

 
Relative Wealth: 
 

very wealthy: 20,000 (lire?) income in 1797, with expenses of only 4,567 (not including maintenance of nuns)

 
Early Documents: 
 

March 30, 1569: sale of land by Manfredo di Villanuova

 
Manuscript Sources: 
 

[1] Torino, AS, Inventario delle scritture riguardanti le monache, Saluzzo, SSma Annunciate

[2] Torino, AS, Sala 14, materie ecclesiastiche monache, Saluzzo, Cisterciensi delle SS. Annunziata

 
Secondary Sources: 
 

Répertoire topo-bibliographique des abbayes et prieurés, p. 2941.

 
Contributors: 
 
Suzanne Wemple-Kinder
 
Length: 
 
656