Claudio Gino-Li Chiavi

This work presents the results of an initial phase of archival research on the convent of the Capuchin Poor Clares of Palermo which, to date, has not been specifically and punctually treated by historiography. After an overview of the archival sources used and the events that affected the convent’s archives after the suppression of monasteries (1866), the circumstances that led from the foundation of the first retreat (1717) to the construction of the current building (1732-1743) are outlined...