The Municipality of Fara in Sabina - 45 km from Rome - hosts an important monastic community of Franciscan nuns devoted to contemplation, work, and prayer, dating back to 17th Century (Fig. 1). The mummified bodies held in the Monastery of the Hermit Poor Clares of Fara in Sabina have been known for some time, but they are only occasionally mentioned in paleopathological literature. To the best of our knowledge, this collection is not included in the main series of Italian mummies and has never been thoroughly investigated. Actually, it represents a rather numerous series, consisting of extremely well-preserved bodies.
The natural mummies in the Hermit Poor Clares monastery of Fara in Sabina, Rieti, central Italy / Luca Ventura, Gianni D’Altri, Anna Avitabile, Alessia Risdonna, Arianna Ventura, Irene Faenza, Elisabetta Cilli, Mirko Traversari. - In: PALEOPATHOLOGY NEWSLETTER. - ISSN 0148-4737. - ELETTRONICO. - 200:(2022), pp. 23-26.
The natural mummies in the Hermit Poor Clares monastery of Fara in Sabina, Rieti, central Italy
Irene Faenza;Elisabetta Cilli;Mirko Traversari
2022
Abstract
The Municipality of Fara in Sabina - 45 km from Rome - hosts an important monastic community of Franciscan nuns devoted to contemplation, work, and prayer, dating back to 17th Century (Fig. 1). The mummified bodies held in the Monastery of the Hermit Poor Clares of Fara in Sabina have been known for some time, but they are only occasionally mentioned in paleopathological literature. To the best of our knowledge, this collection is not included in the main series of Italian mummies and has never been thoroughly investigated. Actually, it represents a rather numerous series, consisting of extremely well-preserved bodies.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
