Also known as:
German: Kapuzinerinnen;
French: Capucines;
Italian: Monache Cappuccine
CAPUCHIN NUNS. - Nuns of strict enclosure of the Second Franciscan Order, or of St. Clare. The noblewoman the Ven. Maria Lorenza Longo (d. 1542) established in Naples a monastery of religious women, called "of the Thirty-Three," which in 1538, under the impulse of the reform of the Capuchin Friars Minor, adopted the first rule of St. Clare with constitutions informed by the Capuchin spirit.
The C. are distinguished by strict poverty, penance, and humility; they immolate themselves in prayer and sacrifice. In 1576 the monastery of Rome was founded; they spread rapidly in Italy and abroad: Barcelona (1599), Paris (1606), Marseille (1625), Lisbon (1665), Lima in Peru (1708). Among them flourished St. Veronica Giuliani at Città di Castello, the Bl. M. Maddalena Martinengo at Brescia, the Ven. Florida Cevoli at Città di Castello, Diomira M. del Verbo Incarnato at Fanano, Angela M. Astorch at Murcia, Angela M. Margherita Prat at Barcelona. According to a statistic of 1934, the C. have 34 monasteries in Italy, 31 in Spain, 15 in Mexico, 3 in France, 2 in Holland, 1 in Germany (Trier), 1 in Czechoslovakia (Litoměřice), 1 in Poland (Przasnysz), 1 in Chile (Santiago), 1 in Argentina (Buenos Aires), 1 in Guatemala. In 1927 the new single text of their constitutions was approved. Some monasteries depend on the General of the Capuchins; the majority on the diocesan bishop.
Bibliography6 worksE. d'Alençon, La ven. servu. di Dio M. Lorenza Longo. Cenni biografico inedita, Roma 1896; M. Heimbucher, Die Orden und Kongregationen, 3ª e
BIBL.: E. d'Alençon, La ven. servu. di Dio M. Lorenza Longo. Cenni biografico inedita, Roma 1896; M. Heimbucher, Die Orden und Kongregationen, 3ª ed., I. Paderborn 1933, pp. 824-27; II, ivi 1934, pp. 663-64; F. da Mareto-M. da Cavallana, Alcune indicazioni bibliografiche sulle C., in Bollettino francescano storico-bibliografico, 4 (1933), pp. 273-88; Analecta Ord. Min. capuccinarum, 43 (1927), pp. 182-83; 50 (1934), pp. 196-98.
Ilarino da Milano. “Cappuccine.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, coll. 715–716. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/cappuccine.
MLA
Ilarino da Milano. “Cappuccine.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, coll. 715–716. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/cappuccine.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec3_cappuccine,
author = {Ilarino da Milano},
title = {Cappuccine},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {III},
pages = {715--716},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1949},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/cappuccine}
}
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