S. Spirito
Community ID: 
 
731
 
Town: 
 
Vercelli
 
Diocese: 
 
Vercelli
 
Region: 
 
Piedmont
 
Medieval Location: 
 
Originally outside the town, but transferred to within the city 1530-40.
 
Corporate Status: 
 
Hospital
 
Date Founded: 
 
1214 or earlier
 
Date Terminated: 
 
1802 -- the monastery buildings were transferred to the oblates of S. Carlo in 1828
 
Religious Order: 
 
Augustinian until 1249, then Cistercian
 
Priveleges & Papal Exemptions: 
 

Honorius III: Sept 24 & nov. 16, 1221

 
Dependency Of: 
 

As of 1249, the house was under the supervision of the abbot of S. Maria di Lucedio.

 
Relative Wealth: 
 

Rich

 
Assets/Property: 
 

On Feb. 21, 1296, the nuns of S. Spirito acquired the goods that had formerly belonged to S. Giovanni delle Varda

 
Charitable/Work: 
 

After leaving the hospital, the nuns took up teaching young children in a convent school

 
Early Documents: 
 

[1] January 24 & Nov. 25, 1220: Frederick II takes the monastery under his protection.

[2] April 26, 1439: Eugene IV confirms the monastery in the Cistercian rule

 
Architecture & Archaeology: 
 

In 1769, Luigi Barberis reconstructed the monastery and the church. the work was continued by G. Matto Zucchi from 1784-85.

 
Manuscript Sources: 
 

[1] Vercelli, Archivio di Stato, monache Cistercense di S. Spirito

[2] Vercelli, Archivio dell'ospedale generale prov. S. Andrea

[3] Torino, Archivio di Stato, Monache di S. Spirito

 
Published Primary Sources: 
 

Vercelli, Archivio di Stato. __Storia e architettura di antichi convente, monasteri e abbazie della citta di Vercelli.__ Vercelli: 1976. pp. 125-136.

 
Secondary Sources: 
 

Il Monastero delle Benedettine di S. Pietro di Lenta : mostra documentaria

 
Contributors: 
 
Suzanne Wemple-Kinder
 
Date Started: 
 
1214
 
Date Finished: 
 
1802
 
Length: 
 
1116