S. Caterina
Community ID: 
 
2625
 
Alternate Names: 
 
Monastero delle Vergine; S. Chiara
 
Town: 
 
Foligno
 
Diocese: 
 
Foligno
 
Medieval Location: 
 
3 km. outside the city, on the Via S. Caterina, near the Fonte di Carpello and the castle of Castiglione
 
Date Founded: 
 
1225
 
Date Terminated: 
 
1867, August 17
 
Religious Order: 
 
Franciscan Tertiaries
 
Rule: 
 
Third order of St. Francis, then the second rule of Urban II, later modified by Pius VIII
 
Foundation Information: 
 

S. Clare of Assisi came to Foligno with Marsebilia and Cristiana in 1216, and in 1225, S. Caterina was founded under the authority of Bishop Mons. Egidius.

 
Population Counts: 
 

45 in the 17th century; 28 in 1965.

 
Priveleges & Papal Exemptions: 
 

in 1260, January 18, Alexander IV prescribed a rule for the community.

 
Incorporated Communities: 
 

In 1470 the nuns abandoned their monastery and went to live at S. Caterina de Monte Sinai, which they incorporated.

 
Incorporated By: 
 

S. Lucia. Nineteen years later, they were transferred to the ancient conservatory founded by Mother Paola della Croce in July 1882.

 
Dependency Of: 
 

After the unification with S. Caterina de Monte Sinai, the combined community was a dependency of S. Pietro (Rome), and owed an annual payment of one pound of wax.

 
Other Ecclesiastical Relations: 
 

The syndic and procurator in 1382 was Thomas Cicchuris.

 
Manuscript Sources: 
 

Foligno, Bibliotheca Iacobilli, cod. B, VI, 8, "copie di brevi et instrumenti [...] dei monasteri di Foligno [...] Monastero di S. Catarina, cc. 116v.-125v., 370.

 
Published Primary Sources: 
 

Bullarium Franciscanum Romanorum Pontificum, vol. II, p. 531.

 
Secondary Sources: 
 

Discorso della città di Foligno, p. 84;
Le Relazioni tra S. Francesco d'Assisi e la città di Foligno, p. 33;
Gli oblati benedettini in Italia, cenni storici;
Le clarisse a Foligno nel secolo XIII;
Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie ecclésiastiques, vol. 17, p. 762

 
Contributors: 
 
Suzanne Wemple-Kinder
 
Date Started: 
 
1225
 
Date Finished: 
 
1867
 
Length: 
 
1230