02 Corpus Domini Ferrara - Sala del Coro o sala delle Clarisse - Tombe estensi

The Corpus Domini Monastery is a monastery at 4 via Pergolato in

Ferrara Ferrara (, ; egl, Fràra ) is a city and ''comune'' in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital of the Province of Ferrara. it had 132,009 inhabitants. It is situated northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main stream ...

. It first was founded as a house of penitent women, and became a Poor Clares Observant Franciscan convent in 1431. It was the home of Caterina Vigri (St. Catherine of Bologna) from 1431-1456. She served as the mistress of novices, teaching about 100 women to become pious nuns. She was also an artist who illuminated her own breviary and is said to have decorated the walls of the convent with images of the Christ Child. These were lost or destroyed in a fire in 1667. The public church was redecorated in the late-Baroque period. On its high altar is ''Communion of the Apostles'' by Giambettino Cignaroli (1768), whilst the church's ceiling fresco ''Glory of Saint Catherina Vegri'' is by Giuseppe Ghedini (1770–1773). The house is still a monastery; a community of Franciscan nuns, called Poor Clares after S. Clare their founder and companion to S. Francis. One of their abbesses was the daughter of Lucrezia Borgia, Leonara d'Este. She is now recognised as one of the earliest writers of polyphonic choral music for women.

Notable burials

The church is the burial-place for several members of the House of Este: * Leonello d'Este * Eleanor of Naples * Niccolò III d'Este *

Ricciarda, Marchioness of Saluzzo Ricciardia, Marchioness of Saluzzo (1410 – 16 August 1474, Ferrara) was an Italian noblewoman. She was the daughter of Thomas III, Marquess of Saluzzo and his French wife Marguerite de Pierrepont, daughter of Ugo II de Pierrepont, count of Roncy ...

* Ercole I d'Este * Sigismondo d'Este * Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara * Giulio d'Este * Ferrante d'Este *

Ercole II d'Este Ercole II d'Este (5 April 1508 – 3 October 1559) was Duke of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio from 1534 to 1559. He was the eldest son of Alfonso I d'Este and Lucrezia Borgia. Biography Through his mother, Ercole was a grandson of Pope Alexander ...

* Eleonora d'Este *

Lucrezia Borgia Lucrezia Borgia (; ca-valencia, Lucrècia Borja, links=no ; 18 April 1480 – 24 June 1519) was a Spanish-Italian noblewoman of the House of Borgia who was the daughter of Pope Alexander VI and Vannozza dei Cattanei. She reigned as the Govern ...

Lucrezia de' Medici Lucrezia de' Medici was the name for several women from the Medici family: *Lucrezia di Piero de' Medici (1447–1493), best known as Nannina de' Medici. *Lucrezia di Lorenzo de' Medici (August 4, 1470 – between November 10 and Novemb ...

Alfonso II d'Este Alfonso II d'Este (24 November 1533 – 27 October 1597) was Duke of Ferrara from 1559 to 1597. He was a member of the House of Este. Biography He was the elder son of Ercole II d'Este and Renée de France, the daughter of Louis XII of France an ...

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* {{Coord, 44.8323, N, 11.6267, E, source:wikidata, display=title Buildings and structures in Ferrara Burial sites of the House of Este Monasteries in Emilia-Romagna Roman Catholic churches in Ferrara