Between 1449 and 1452 the three youngest daughters of Alfano Alfani entered the
Observant Clarissan convent of Monteluce outside Perugia; the three eldest
meanwhile were nuns at S. Giuliana in the same city.
Lezlie Knox
"Bro. Thomas Sullivan, O.S.B." wrote:
> I've been told that canon law (1917 edition) forbade more than two
> first-degree relatives in any one community, presumably to avoid a voting
> block within the community. A family from central Missouri had one son enter
> Conception Abbey, two of the daughters went to the Atchison community (St.
> Scholastica) and two had to enter another house, and so they chose the
> Yankton community, Sacred Heart.
> Thomas Sullivan, OSB
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: B.M.COOK [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 3:53 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Siblings in Religious Orders.
> >
> > In the book "Galileo's daughter" (Fourth Estate, 1999) by Dava SOBEL, I
> > read:
> >
> > "He [Galileo] insisted that the girls [his daughters] stay together
> > despite
> > the frowning of the Florentine Sacred Congregation of Bishops and Regulars
> > on the question of admitting two siblings into the same convent... No
> > other
> > Italian city, Galileo learned, opposed the entry of natural sisters into
> > the
> > same monastery, but he would not send the girls to another city. He
> > preferred to keep them close by, even if that meant seeking special
> > dispensation." - page 46.
> >
> > Has anyone come across any reference to this kind of situation before ?
> > Was or was it not possible for natural siblings to enter a Religious
> > house
> > together? Was any ruling on this part of Counter-reformation reforms ? Or
> > the Gregorian Reforms ?
> > In my looking at charters &c, I have sometimes come across "brothers
> > according to the flesh" in different monasteries but not both in the same
> > one.
> > Indeed, the only case I can think of are Agnes and Agatha, Abelard's two
> > nieces who were nuns at the Paraclete and there is no way of knowing if
> > they
> > were sisters or cousins.
> > If any "anti sibling" rule existed, this has implications for using (for
> > instance)necrologies for genealogical purposes.
> >
> > Brenda M. Cook.
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