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Online Gazetteer of Sixteenth Century Florence

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Square 12

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  • 1 - S. Maria degli Angiolini Con.

    • 1509 Dominican nuns. [64 R 1551, 60 1632]. B81 M/R 61 Paatz III:148 V. della Colonna 24.

  • 2 - S. Maria Maddalena dei Pazzi Con.

    • 13th cent. Benedictine (Convertite or Penitente) nuns as S. M. Maddalena di Cestello. [15 R 1551] Replaced in 1628 by Carmelite nuns from S. M. degli Angioli (of whom there were 46 R in Sq. 74 1551 and 82 here in 1632). Renamed S. M. Maddalena dei Pazzi for a nun/saint from the Pazzi family canonized in 1669. B39 M/R 66 Paatz IV:90 B. Pinti 58.

  • 3 - S. Silvestro Con.

    • 1539 Benedictine (Silvestrine) nuns [13 R 1551, 16 1632] B180 M/R 89 Paatz V:102 B. Pinti 64.

  • 4 - Sped. di Orbatello

    • ca. 1378. Asylum for Widows. [149 I 1551, 116 1632] B117 Paatz IV:474 Pass. 639 V. della Pergola 56.

Streets, Parishes, Notes:

"Quarter: S. Giovanni, Parish: S. Piero Maggiore, Streets: Borgo Pinti {p}, V della Colonna {p}, V della Crocetta (V Laura {p}), V della Pergola {p}. Square 12 had many households, few shops, some patricians, some households with servants, many households w/o surnames and many widows."

Photo courtesy Musei Comunali Firenze.
map of square 12