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The community was under the authority of the Diocese, in the person of the Cardinal Vicar. The abbess had made a successful challenge in canon law that she and her nuns were not bound to affiliate to a Benedictine congregation, or to make vows to a male Benedictine major superior. |
The community was under the authority of the Diocese, in the person of the Cardinal Vicar. The abbess had made a successful challenge in canon law that she and her nuns were not bound to affiliate to a Benedictine congregation, or to make vows to a male Benedictine major superior. |
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− | The community |
+ | The community described as English (''monache inglesi''), although there is a hint in the sources that only the abbess was. Another nun, Dame Placide McMahon, seems to have been Irish. Their main work seems to have been the publication of Benedictine historical sources under the title ''Spicilegium Benedictinum, ''which reached five volumes in their brief existence -an impressive achievement. |
=== Establishment of monastery === |
=== Establishment of monastery === |
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− | In 1898 the nuns moved to the unfinished complex of [[San Patrizio a Villa Ludovisi]], which had been begun by the Irish [[wikipedia:Augustinians#The_Augustinian_Friars|Augustinian friars]] in 1888. The friars had run out of money |
+ | In 1898 the nuns moved to the unfinished complex of [[San Patrizio a Villa Ludovisi]], which had been begun by the Irish [[wikipedia:Augustinians#The_Augustinian_Friars|Augustinian friars]] in 1888. The friars had run out of money. The nuns seem not to have continued with the uncompleted friary church, but seemed to have built their own. Diego Angeli, writing in 1903, had this to say: |
"''San Benedetto Abate. ''There is a small church attached to a convent of English Benedictine nuns in the Via Boncompagni. It was built in 1899, the architect being Alberto Manassei. In 1901 the church was taken from the nuns and given to the Augustinians. The ceiling vault and the apse are decorated with frescoes. On the main altar is an altarpiece of ''The Blessed Virgin, ''a copy of an original by Carlo Maratta at [[San Carlo al Corso]]. To the left is the chapel of St Benedict, with a copy of an icon kept at [[San Benedetto in Piscinula]]." |
"''San Benedetto Abate. ''There is a small church attached to a convent of English Benedictine nuns in the Via Boncompagni. It was built in 1899, the architect being Alberto Manassei. In 1901 the church was taken from the nuns and given to the Augustinians. The ceiling vault and the apse are decorated with frescoes. On the main altar is an altarpiece of ''The Blessed Virgin, ''a copy of an original by Carlo Maratta at [[San Carlo al Corso]]. To the left is the chapel of St Benedict, with a copy of an icon kept at [[San Benedetto in Piscinula]]." |