STROZZI ACQUAVIVA, Isabella, Duchess of Atri. - Collaborator of St. Leonard of Port Maurice, b. Aug. 4, 1703; in 1727 she married Filippo Strozzi, duke of Bagnolo, and d. Aug. 24, 1760.
Sister of Cardinal Troiano Acquaviva (d. March 21, 1747), protector of the Franciscan Order, she was a lady-in-waiting and friend of Maria Clementina Sobieska, wife of James (III) Stuart, pretender to the throne of England. Like this "queen" who was "a woman of heroic virtues" (L. A. Muratori, Annali, year 1735), S. was guided by St. Leonard of Port Maurice in the ways of perfection. In the Saint's Opere complete (vol. II, Rome 1853; vol. IV, Venice 1868) 19 letters addressed to her from Aug. 17, 1733 to March 29, 1747 are published, with an interruption of 5 years (1742-46); another is published by Fr. B. Innocenti in Operette e lettere inedite (Arezzo 1925, pp. 103-104). In them St. Leonard entrusts her with helping the needy or thanks her for her benefactions, but above all he urges her to detach herself completely from the world, holding up to her the example of the one he calls "our good queen" Maria Clementina.
Bibliography2 worksP. Litta, Famiglie celebri, Acquaviva, tav. VI; B. Bagatti, La direzione spirituale di s. Leonardo da Porto Maurizio, in Studi francesc., 20
BIBL.: P. Litta, Famiglie celebri, Acquaviva, tav. VI; B. Bagatti, La direzione spirituale di s. Leonardo da Porto Maurizio, in Studi francesc., 20 (1949), pp. 93-99.
Orazi, Ausenda Renata. “Strozzi Acquaviva, isabella, duchessa d'atri.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, col. 1423. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/strozzi-acquaviva-isabella-duchessa-d-atri.
MLA
Orazi, Ausenda Renata. “Strozzi Acquaviva, isabella, duchessa d'atri.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, col. 1423. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/strozzi-acquaviva-isabella-duchessa-d-atri.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec11_strozzi_acquaviva_isabella_duc,
author = {Orazi, Ausenda Renata},
title = {Strozzi Acquaviva, isabella, duchessa d'atri},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {XI},
pages = {1423},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1953},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/strozzi-acquaviva-isabella-duchessa-d-atri}
}
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