Chapter from the book: Delcorno P. & Roest B. 2023. Observant Reforms and Cultural Production in Europe: Learning, Liturgy and Spiritual Practice.
This chapter charts the reception of the letters of Caterina of Siena, herself a very important propagator of Observant reforms (notably within a Dominican ambiance) and a new model of Observant spirituality, in the writings of other Observant spokes(wo)men. The chapters focuses in particular on traces of such reception in the writings of the Clarissan abbesses Caterina Vigri and Camilla Battista of Varano, who were instrumental in creating an Observant Clarissan identity in fifteenth-century Italy.
Serventi, S. 2023. Caterina of Siena in the Writings of Observant Poor Clares: Caterina Vigri and Battista of Varano. In: Delcorno P. & Roest B (eds.), Observant Reforms and Cultural Production in Europe. Nijmegen: Radboud University Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.54195/XFRB6134_CH04
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Published on Aug. 9, 2023