Corpus Domini, Bologna

The Church of Corpus Domini, also known as the Chiesa della Santa is a Roman Catholic church in Bologna. It is part of an active monastery complex of the order of Clarissan nuns, that is nuns of the contemplative Second Order of St. Francis. The monastery is semi-cloistered.

Incorrupt body of Saint Catherine of Bologna on throne

The complex hosts a museum dedicated to nurses and nursing, inaugurated by Cardinal Giorgio Gusmini in 1919. The museum has written and perhaps painted works of Saint Caterina de' Vigri, also known as Saint Catherine of Bologna (1413-1463). The 17th-century church is highly decorated, among the works are:[1]

The church allows visitors to enter an adjacent site to see and pray to the enthroned mumified corpse of the 15th-century Clarisse nun and saint, canonized in the 18th-century.

References

  1. Bologna Welcome, city tourism site.

Coordinates: 44°29′21″N 11°20′23″E / 44.48917°N 11.33972°E