S. Leonardo
Community ID: 
 
2646
 
Alternate Names: 
 
S. Maria del Paradiso
 
Town: 
 
Montefalco
 
Diocese: 
 
Spoleto
 
Date Founded: 
 
1492 or earlier
 
Religious Order: 
 
Poor Clares
 
Notable Heads: 
 

Abbesses: 1500/01: Hieronyma (Girolama?) da Todi; 1523: Agnola de Morichetto de Baratto.

 
Population Counts: 
 

In 1492, 14 nuns who came from S. Chiara were: Madalena de Niccolo, Bera[r]dina de Battista, Cecilia de Iovannone, Veronica de Mataluccia, Perpetua de Nanni, Maria de ser Nobile, Illuminata de Meneco, Thegra de [?], Teodosia de Bartholomeo, Ludovica de Piero, Catharina de Baratto, Bartholomea de [?], and Giuliana de Gasparra. They joined 9 then-residents: Francesca di Michelangelo, Paula de Messer Hieronimo, Chiara de Domenico, Battista and Clembina [?] da Marco Hieronyma, Pacifica de Iovanni, Angniola de Marrichetta and Agnese de Paulo. In 1500 they were joined by further recruits from the community of Monteluce in Perugia: Hieronyma da Todi (Abbess), "vererabile Andrea, honesta madre Paulina, honesta Felice" and Giroloma de Rainero Astacolle.

 
Other Ecclesiastical Relations: 
 

Reformed by S. Maria de Monteluce in 1500.

 
Litigations: 
 

In 1492, 14 nuns left S. Chiara and entered S. Leonardo. Their dowry and clothing remained at their old community, and the nuns of S. Leonardo sued to recover them.

 
Published Primary Sources: 
 

Ricordanze del Monastero di S. Lucia osc. in Foligno (cronache 1424-1786), pp. 274-282

 
Secondary Sources: 
 

Annales Ecclesiastici, p. 1910;
Osservanze francescane nell'Italia centrale (secoli XIV-XV)

 
Contributors: 
 
Suzanne Wemple-Kinder
 
Date Started: 
 
1492
 
Length: 
 
1162