The title, Noli me tangere, recalls the subject of the glazed terracotta from the workshop of Santi Buglioni (middle of the 16th century), previously in the convent garden. The latin words, ‘Noli me tangere’ (Don’t touch me), refer to the figure of the risen Jesus who appeared to Mary Magdalene but would not permit her to touch him.

The church of Sant'Orsola (also called “Church of Purgatory”) it was built in the 16th-17th century by the will of the priest Don Giovanni Donato Verna who also wanted to add a monastery for nuns. A dispute over ownership, which broke out between the Verna family and others, was resolved with the donation of the church to the Congregation ...

This innovative and well-illustrated book analyses convent culture in sixteenth-century Italy through the medium of three unpublished nuns’ chronicles.

2011年4月22日 · Sant’Orsola was one of the Florence’s most important monastery; it had extensive buildings and at the start of the XVI century was inhabited by more than sixty nuns, as well as the young girls waiting to their vows.

2024年9月3日 · Two daughters became nuns: Camilla, who died at 18, and Marietta, who took her vows in 1522 as “suor Ludovica” in the nearby convent of Sant’Orsola. Sant’Orsola was a prestigious institution, which accepted well-born girls accompanied by substantial sums of money .

2023年1月2日 · learn that nuns in many Italian cities were familiar with the performance of polyphony in their daily lives, both in chapel as part of their devotions, and as a form of recreation.

The Church of Sant'Orsola (St Ursula) in Mantua, Italy, was designed and built in 1608 by Antonio Maria Viani, the architect of the ducal court of the House of Gonzaga. The church was commissioned by Margherita Gonzaga d'Este, the widow of Alfonso II d'Este.

This space has a history dating back to 1309, when the first core of the convent was founded by four Benedictine nuns. Over the centuries, the complex underwent several expansions, eventually taking on its current form.

Sant'Orsola Via Panicale. History A convent founded in 1309 as a satellite of San Lorenzo. The building was completed in 1327 and settled by Benedictine nuns until 1435 when it was taken over by Franciscans.

2022年3月17日 · For The Darkest Sin, DV Bishop’s latest novel set in 16th-century Florence, he needed to find out about life behind the closed doors of Italian convents. He unveils the truth about Florentine nuns for Historia.