S. Domenico
Community ID:
686
Alternate Names:
S. Chiara (after 16th c.)
Town:
Novara
Diocese:
Novara
Region:
Piedmont
Date Founded:
1455
Date Terminated:
1800 -- the nuns went to S. Agnese, and their monastery was supressed in 1810.
Religious Order:
Poor Clares
Foundation Information:
Foudned with the permission of Pope Calixtus III.
Population Counts:
1302: 25 nuns. 1309: 31 (some of these were Agnes, Francischa, Lucia, Margarite, Sporagia, Agnes di Archamae [?], Berolanica, Zerucurca)
Relative Wealth:
Very wealthy: had arable land, prairies and woods.
Litigations:
C. 1309: suit against Guglielmo Balisto and Balisto de Balidi
Early Documents:
[1] June 11, 1300: Sale of a house. [2] Aug. 11, 1309: record of a lawsuit (see "Litigations," above).
Manuscript Sources:
[1] Torino, Archivio Storico, Inventario delle scritture riguardanti le monache, Novara, S. Chiara.
[2] Torino, Archivio Storico, Sala 14, Materie ecclesiastiche monache, Novara, Chiarisse.
Contributors:
Suzanne Wemple-Kinder
Date Started:
1455
Date Finished:
1800
Length:
753
