S. Stefano
Community ID:
715
Alternate Names:
S. Maria di Banno
Town:
Sezze (also spelled "Sezzadi" or "Sezaido.")
Diocese:
Acqui
Region:
Piedmont
Date Founded:
1135 or before
Religious Order:
Benedictine, then Cistercian (see "Dependency Of," below).
Dependency Of:
The house was founded as a dependency of S. Stefano di Genova, a male Benedictine house. In 1244, Pope Innocent IV ratified the sale of the house for 415 lire to the female Cistercian house of S. Maria di Banno (see S. Stefano), of which the house now became a dependency.
Early Documents:
In 1467 the nuns ask the pope to transfer their principal seat to Sezze [from Tagliolo?]
Published Primary Sources:
Gaspardo, F., ed. __Archivio di S. Maria di Castello.__ rome: 1896.
Secondary Sources:
Gaspardo, F. __L'Abbazia di S. Giustina. Il monastero di S. Stefano o S. Maria di Banno.__ Alessandria: 1912. Vol. I, p. 203 ff.
Miscellaneous Information:
"Latrones et Malefactores" robbed the monastery in Tagliano a number of times during the period 1447-1457.
Contributors:
Suzanne Wemple-Kinder
Date Started:
1135
Length:
827
