SCOPELLI, GIOVANNA, BEATA

SCOPELLI, GIOVANNA, beata. - Monaca carmelitana, n. a Reggio Emilia nel 1428, m. nel 1491.
SCOPELLI, GIOVANNA, beata. - Monaca carmelitana, n. a Reggio Emilia nel 1428, m. nel 1491.

She donned the Carmelite habit, and upon the death of her parents, bequeathed her inheritance to the founding of a monastery of Carmelite nuns of the Mantua Congregation, which began in 1485 under the title of S. Maria del Popolo. Her confessor, Fra' Angelo da Genova, drew up its Constitutions. Clement XIV approved her cult in 1771.

She worked effectively for the conversion of sinners. Examine her devotion to the Virgin. Benedetto Mutto da Reggio wrote her life, which was printed several times.

BIBL.: G. M. Fornari, Anno memorabile dei Carmelitani, II. Milano 1690, pp. 26-36. Bartolomeo M. Xiberta