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4 Oct 1582: d. St. Teresa of Avila mystic & reformer at on the night moved from 4 Oct to 15 Oct - her feast set by the change to the new Gregorian calendar. At the time some regarded it as a extra miracle to avoid a clash with Francis.

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2020-10-04

12 Sept 1605: b. William Dugdale, herald and important antiquary at Shustoke, near Coleshill in Warwickshire
(U Toronto)

Here's a Gilbertine from his very influential Monasticon Anglicanum, 1655–1673 (British Museum)

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2020-09-12

St. Catherine of Alexandria, C15th, by / (Italian, 1413-1463), who was born Fol. 465r. of Vigri's breviary, Corpus Domini, Bologna.
Source, guest post by Dr. Kay Arthur, https://t.co/aIiQhrDxIF

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2020-09-08

23 Aug: feast of Rose of 3rd Order of St. Dominic - the first saint of the Americas (BM) She died 15 Aug 1617

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2020-08-23

15 Aug 1627: d. Rose of 3rd Order of St. Dominic - the first saint of the Americas (BM) Her feast is on 23 Aug

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2020-08-15

23 July 1373: S. Bridget of at founder & spiritual writer (BM/Fassah)

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2020-07-23

24 Mar 1381: d. St Catherine of Vadstena daughter of the St. Bridget of

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2020-03-24

Madonna del latte, n.d., by (Italian, 1524-88). The inscription reads “Di Suor Plautilla allieva del Frate/by pupil of the friar.” Held at ; source, https://t.co/B8k8wtRcby

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2020-02-25

Vase of flowers with a red peony (Vaso di fiori con peonia rossa), n.d., by (#TheodoraCaccia, Italian, c. 1596-c. 1676). Museo Civico, Moncalvo; source, https://t.co/JZuzj9v9qk

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2020-01-17

Sister (1900-1980), New Jerusalem. Offered in Outsider Art on 17 Jan in NY. Read about the artist here:
https://t.co/emTl7y45k8

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2020-01-12

There is a new guest post on the Art Herstory blog by Dr Angela Ghirardi, who presents an overview of the life & art of 17th painter-nun
https://t.co/VCntAid3l6…

Special thanks to Kelley Helmstutler Di Dio for smoothing out the translation!

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2019-11-26

There is a new guest post on the Art Herstory blog by Dr Angela Ghirardi, who presents an overview of the life & art of 17th painter-nun
https://t.co/JZuzj9dyyM

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2019-11-27

There's something quite lovely about the nun painted here by Gesina Ter Borch in 1657 (Rijksmuseum)

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2019-04-02

Birth of the Virgin, c. 1635, by Orsola Maddelena Caccia (Italian, c. 1596-c. 1696), reprised in honor of the Held at the Pinacoteca Malaspina; image source, https://t.co/cDuXdw0H9g

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2018-12-08

Behold! Tomorrow our workshop Inside the Nunnery begins, co-organised with , with the participation of . Follow us on twitter for a feast!

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2018-05-30

co-organises this workshop in Marseille, based on one of the main of our project. You still have time to take part, open until April, 20.

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2018-04-16

St. Hedwig of Silesia, one of the most powerful women from medieval middle Europe (Codex Ostroviensis, 1353, Getty museum)

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2017-10-18

Happy These rabbits (& oblivious fox) are details from a vow in the archive [EUL MS 389/3078]

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2017-09-23