Bartolomea Riccoboni
摘要
Bartolomea Riccoboni (c. 1369–1440) was a Dominican nun in the convent of Corpus Domini in Venice, Italy. She is best known for writing a chronicle and a necrology of the church and convent in the Venetian dialect. She was a founding member of her convent and lived there until her death. The first half of her chronicle details the history of the convent, starting with sister Lucia Tiepolo’s vision of Christ commanding her to start a convent in his name, and the second half covers the Great Schism and the life of Pope Gregory XII. The necrology contains entries for nearly 50 nuns who died during the first 40 years of the convent’s establishment and a description of the life of the convent’s patron, Giovanni Dominici. Riccoboni’s writings are unique since she is a female author commenting on ecclesiastical matters and male religious leaders; additionally, she provides insight into female piety and late medieval convent life.