Ceppo
Ceppo may refer to: * Ceppo Morelli, a comune in Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piedmont, Italy * Ceppo (Rocca Santa Maria), a locality near Martese, Teramo, Abruzzo, Italy * ''Madonna del Ceppo'', a 1452/3 painting by Filippo Lippi * Ospedale del Ceppo Ospedale del Ceppo is a medieval hospital founded in 1277 in Pistoia, Tuscany, central Italy. History According to tradition, the ''Ospedale'' was founded in 1277 by the company of Santa Maria or "del Ceppo dei poveri" ("The offering trunk of ..., a medieval hospital in Pistoia, Tuscany, central Italy See also * Ceppi (other) {{disambig, geo ...
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Ospedale Del Ceppo
Ospedale del Ceppo is a medieval hospital founded in 1277 in Pistoia, Tuscany, central Italy. History According to tradition, the ''Ospedale'' was founded in 1277 by the company of Santa Maria or "del Ceppo dei poveri" ("The offering trunk of the poor")."Con il termine 'Ceppo' si indicava nell'antichità il tronco di legno cavo in cui venivano raccolte le offerte destinate agli indigenti" ("The term ''ceppo'' (''cf'' Latin ''cippus'') indicated in times past the hollowed tree trunk in which were collected offerings intended for the poverty-stricken")Il Ceppo dei Poveri di Prato. In 1345 documents mention ongoing works for a new cloister, oratory and ''domus'' (residence for women). It became the main city's hospital after the donations received in the wake of the Black Death of 1348. Initially given to the cathedral chapter, from 1350 the commune of Pistoia tried to absorb direction of the company. After the conquest of Pistoia by the Republic of Florence (1401), the Florentine ...
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