S. Maria della Carita
Community ID: 
 
703
 
Town: 
 
Pogliola (or Poiola)
 
Diocese: 
 
Mondovi
 
Region: 
 
Piedmont
 
Medieval Location: 
 
Pogliola was in the county of Breadolo.
 
Corporate Status: 
 
Priory
 
Date Founded: 
 
1176
 
Date Terminated: 
 
1478 (see
 
Religious Order: 
 
Cistercian
 
Foundation Information: 
 

Founded by Anna di Morozzo, Agnese Pulisello and Giordana Brugaporcello.

 
First Members: 
 

The first prioress was named Anna.

 
Priveleges & Papal Exemptions: 
 

In a bull of Oct. 31, 1243, Innocent IV placed the house under the spiritual protection of Staffarda.

 
Incorporated By: 
 

Mondovi, in 1478 (Cottineau give the date for the transfer as 1594, at the behest of Bishop Antonio).

 
Dependency Of: 
 

The abbey of Staffarda, after 1243.

 
Social Characteristics: 
 

Members were daughters of the nobility from southern Piedmont.

 
Assets/Property: 
 

Substantial properties in Morozzo, and around the monastery.

 
Early Documents: 
 

[1] March 25, 1180: cloister and cemetary were consecrated by the bishop of Asti, Guglielmo.

[2] 1186: taken under imperial protection of Barbarossa (repeated by Frederick II in 1238).

 
Secondary Sources: 
 

Il cartario della certosa di casotto, p. VII

Le storie dell'antica citta del Monteregale ora Mondovi in Piemonte, vol. I (1894), pp. 176, 217-18

Répertoire topo-bibliographique des abbayes et prieurés, p. 2306

 
Miscellaneous Information: 
 

For more information on this house, see record#S. Maria della Carita for S. Maria della Carita in Mondovi.

 
Contributors: 
 
Suzanne Wemple-Kinder; Marie Kelleher
 
Date Started: 
 
1176
 
Date Finished: 
 
1478
 
Length: 
 
1201