S. Maria Maddalena
Community ID: 
 
674
 
Town: 
 
Mondovi
 
Diocese: 
 
Mondovi
 
Region: 
 
Piedmont
 
Religious Order: 
 
Cistercian
 
Foundation Information: 
 

Had earlier been located in Celanova

 
Social Characteristics: 
 

upper class members

 
Relative Wealth: 
 

Donations recieved in the 16th-18th centuries make the house rich, as do the substatial dowry gifts brought by the new nuns.

 
Early Documents: 
 

Sept 8, 1480 (or 1580): Fra. Antonio Nacha of the monastery of Staffarde pays a debt of 4 ducates to S. Maria Maddalena.

 
Architecture & Archaeology: 
 

In 1732 a model was built to show the construction of the house's buildings. Whether this model represented the then-current architecture or future plans is uncertain, but a document of 1763 indicates that the monastery wanted to demolish 4 houses to build a new cloister (document is dated 1763, but it supposedly refers to 1749).

 
Manuscript Sources: 
 

[1] Torino, Archivio di stato, Inventario delle scritture riguardante le monache, Mondovi, S. Maria Maddalena

[2] Torino, Archivio di stato, Sala 14, Materie ecclesiastiche monache, Mondovi, Maddalene (1180; 1190-1819)

 
Secondary Sources: 
 

Bibliografia storica degli stati della monarchia di Savoia, vol X

 
Contributors: 
 
Suzanne Wemple-Kinder
 
Length: 
 
659