Corpus Domini, Ferrara

Entrance. Photo by Paolo Monti, 1974.
Facade of the monastery
Tombstone of Alfonso I, Lucrezia Borgia and some of their children

The Corpus Domini Monastery is a monastery at 4 via Pergolato in Ferrara. Its public church was decorated in the late-Baroque period. On its high altar is Communion of the Apostles by Giambettino Cignaroli (1768), whilst the church's ceiling fresco Glory of Saint Catherina Vegri is by Giuseppe Ghedini (1770–1773). The house is sthill a monastery; a community of Franciscan nuns, popularly called Poor Clares after their founder and companion to S. Francis, S. Clare lives here. One of their abbesses was the daughter of Lucrezia Borgia, Leonara d'Este. She is now recognised as one of the earliest writers of polyphonic choral music for women.

Notable burials

The church is the burial-place for several members of the House of Este:

  • "Ferrara - S. Antonio in Polesine e Corpus Domini: i monasteri di Beatrice II d'Este, Caterina Vegri, Lucrezia Borgia e delle tombe Estensi". Retrieved 16 February 2017.

Coordinates: 44°49′56″N 11°37′36″E / 44.8323°N 11.6267°E / 44.8323; 11.6267

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