S. Maria delle Grazie
Community ID:
624
Alternate Names:
S. M. del Tanaro; delle Casa di Dio
Town:
Asti
Diocese:
Asti
Region:
Piedmont
Medieval Location:
Near the city
Corporate Status:
Hospital and Monastery
Date Founded:
1182
Date Terminated:
1516 -- became an Augustinian hermitate; destroyed in 1525
Religious Order:
Benedictine
Notable Heads:
Wilise, abbess in 1183
Population Counts:
1277: 13 sisters + abbess
Early Documents:
14 April, 1183: Bishop Wihelmus of Asti gives the monastery the church of Santa Maria Maddalena with its attached hospital in return for an annual render of 1 pound of incense.
Manuscript Sources:
Torino, Archivio di Stato, Inventario sommario della serie "Monachi di diversi paesi." Asti, S. Maria delle grazie, March 2, no. 2 (1277), 1 fasc. 1 perg.
Published Primary Sources:
Historiae Patriae Monumenta, Chart. I, p. 923, doc. 595
Contributors:
Suzanne Wemple-Kinder; Marie Kelleher
Date Started:
1182
Date Finished:
1516
Length:
627
