Montevergine Monastery in Sortino

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The Monastery Montevergine in Sortino was 1584-1866 a monastery of Cistercian nuns and is since 1913 a convent of Benedictine nuns in Sortino region Sicily , in Italy .

history

The nunnery of Montevergine (also: San Benedetto e Monte Virgini ) was founded by Cistercian women in 1584, thirty kilometers northwest of Syracuse, in Sortino , and was rebuilt after it was destroyed by the devastating earthquake of 1693. In 1866 all monasteries were dissolved by the Italian state. In 1913 the monastery was repopulated by the Italian Benedictine Sisters of the Holy Sacrament ( Benedettine dell'Adorazione Perpetua del SS. Sacramento ) founded by Father Celestino Colombo (1874–1935) in Ghiffa . The baroque Church of the Nativity of Christ ( Chiesa della Natività ) with frescoes from 1780 by Sebastiano Monaco († after 1800) belongs to the monastery .

literature

  • Presenza benedettina in Sicilia. Numero unico, nel 15o centenario della nascita di S. Benedetto, 480–1980 , ed. by the Sicilian Benedictines. Palermo 1980, pp. 36-38.
  • Pietro Lojacono: "Esperienza di restauro in Sicilia." In: Palladio. Rivista di storia dell'architettura e del restauro . New series 18, 1968, pp. 177-192.

Manual literature

  • Laurent Henri Cottineau : Repertoire topo-bibliographique des abbayes et prieurés . Vol. 2. Protat, Mâcon 1939-1970. Reprint: Brepols, Turnhout 1995. Column 2094 (Sortino, Benedictine nuns).
  • Bernard Peugniez : Le Guide Routier de l'Europe Cistercienne . Editions du Signe, Strasbourg 2012, p. 745 (Sortino, San Benedetto e Monte Virgini).
  • Gereon Christoph Maria Becking: Cistercian monasteries in Europe. Card collection . Lukas Verlag Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-931836-44-4 , sheet 105D (San Benedetto e Monte Virgini).

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Coordinates: 37 ° 9 ′ 20.1 ″  N , 15 ° 1 ′ 44.7 ″  E