Fondato a Roma in un anno imprecisato qualche tempo prima del 955, il monastero di San Ciriaco divenne ben presto la più importante istituzione religiosa femminile della città, conservando intatta la sua ricchezza ed importanza per tutto l’XI secolo e oltre. Il presente contributo si propone di ripercorrere in maniera dettagliata e completa la storia, per molti versi eccezionale, di questo ente, inquadrandola nel contesto socio-politico più ampio di Roma e della sua comunità. Nato come monastero familiare legato al clan dei Teofilatti, già alle soglie del 1000 San Ciriaco aveva allargato la sua sfera di influenza, attirando sostegno e donazioni da parte di vari membri dell’élite cittadina, che oltre a beneficiarlo, vi monacavano le proprie donne. Grazie alla capacità amministrativa, che le sue badesse dimostrarono nella gestione di un patrimonio sempre più vasto, il monastero fu in grado di far fronte ai rivolgimenti politici e sociali che interessarono Roma tra X e XI secolo, senza subire contraccolpi.

Founded in Rome in an unspecified year sometime before 955, the monastery of San Ciriaco quickly became the most important female religious institution in the city, preserving its wealth and importance intact throughout the eleventh century and beyond. This contribution aims to retrace in detail the history, in many ways exceptional, of this nunnery, by considering it against the broader socio-political context of Rome and its community. Born as a family monastery linked to the family of the Theophylacts, on around the year 1000 San Ciriaco had already expanded its sphere of influence, attracting support and donations from various members of the city elite who not only provided endowments, but also placed their female relatives in the monastery. Thanks to the administrative capacity of its abbesses, evident in the management of an ever-increasing patrimony, the monastery was able to cope with the political and social upheavals that affected Rome in the tenth and eleventh centuries, without suffering any repercussions.

Le donne di San Ciriaco e l'agire femminile a Roma tra X e XI secolo

PAZIENZA Annamaria
2019-01-01

Abstract

Founded in Rome in an unspecified year sometime before 955, the monastery of San Ciriaco quickly became the most important female religious institution in the city, preserving its wealth and importance intact throughout the eleventh century and beyond. This contribution aims to retrace in detail the history, in many ways exceptional, of this nunnery, by considering it against the broader socio-political context of Rome and its community. Born as a family monastery linked to the family of the Theophylacts, on around the year 1000 San Ciriaco had already expanded its sphere of influence, attracting support and donations from various members of the city elite who not only provided endowments, but also placed their female relatives in the monastery. Thanks to the administrative capacity of its abbesses, evident in the management of an ever-increasing patrimony, the monastery was able to cope with the political and social upheavals that affected Rome in the tenth and eleventh centuries, without suffering any repercussions.
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