Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index

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1. Record Number: 24109
Author(s): Lisciotto, Donatella
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Title : L'origine del monasterio di Montevergine in Messina [Eustochia Calafetto left a monastery of Poor Clares to found one that followed the strictest version of the order’s life. Many of her nuns came from important families, and their increasing numbers required expansion of the original monastery. The monastery benefited from Eustochia’s reputation for sanctity, but eventually it became less rigorous in the observances that she had promoted. Title note supplied by Feminae.]

Source: Collectanea Franciscana , 78., 1-2 ( 2008): Pages 685 - 700.
Year of Publication: 2008.

2. Record Number: 9775
Author(s): Miligi, Giuseppe.
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Title : Francescanesimo al femminile: Chiara d’Assisi ed Eustochia da Messina [Franciscan hagiography described Francis as "another Christ" and Clare as "another Mary." These hagiographers saw Mary’s role as active, not passive. An early copy of Clare’s Rule ties her to Eustochia of Messina, an outstanding 15th century follower of that Rule. Title note supplied by Feminae.].

Source: Francescanesimo al femminile: Chiara d'Assisi ed Eustochia da Messina. Edited by Giuseppe Miligi et al . EDAS, 1994. Collectanea Franciscana , 78., 1-2 ( 2008): Pages 11 - 40.
Year of Publication: 1994.

3. Record Number: 9776
Author(s): Calderone, Salvatore.
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Title : Perche Eustochio [The name of Saint Jerome’s female disciple Eustochium was adapted from the Greek. In Italian it was rendered as Eustochio or Eustochia. The Franciscan Observants were interested in Jerome, and so his disciple’s name was used to tie a saintly nun from Messina to this cult. Title note supplied by Feminae.].

Source: Francescanesimo al femminile: Chiara d'Assisi ed Eustochia da Messina. Edited by Giuseppe Miligi et al . EDAS, 1994. Collectanea Franciscana , 78., 1-2 ( 2008): Pages 43 - 58.
Year of Publication: 1994.

4. Record Number: 9777
Author(s): Miligi, Giuseppe.
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Title : Il pittore e la clarissa [Eustocha of Messina had ties to the Observant wing of the Franciscan Order. The painter Antonello da Messina lived in Messina at the same time and also had Franciscan ties. Pictures of Eustochia have their own iconography, but some also believe Antonello used her as a model for his Madonnas. Title note supplied by Feminae.].

Source: Francescanesimo al femminile: Chiara d'Assisi ed Eustochia da Messina. Edited by Giuseppe Miligi et al . EDAS, 1994. Collectanea Franciscana , 78., 1-2 ( 2008): Pages 59 - 114.
Year of Publication: 1994.

5. Record Number: 9778
Author(s): Moscheo, Rosario.
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Title : Religiosita e cultura nella Messina del '500 Maurolico biografo di S. Eustochia [Francesco Maurolico wrote a biography of Eustochia of Messina in the sixteenth century, employing an earlier "Vita." Giovan Pietro Villadicani translated that life from Latin into Italian. His own life of the saint now is lost. Maurolico’s life remained in manuscript until it was printed in the seventeenth century. Appendix: Poems by Maurilico, Villadicani and others about Eustochia (translated into Italian at pp. 153-159). Title note supplied by Feminae.].