FLORENTINE RENAISSANCE RESOURCES:
Online Gazetteer of Sixteenth Century Florence

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  • 1 - S. Caterina delle Abbandonate Con. (*)

    • 1329 Agostinian nuns, later Umiliate. 1591 acquired by the Bigallo as a hospital for orphaned girls. [13 R 1551, 145 I 1632] B36 M/R 16 Paatz I:429 V S Caterina 5.

Streets, Parishes, Notes:

"Quarter: S. Giovanni, Parish: S. Lorenzo, Streets: V del Campaccio (V S. Reparata {p}), V Mozza (V S. Zanobi {p}), V S. Caterina (V delle Ruote). Square 4 had a moderate number of households, no shops, some patricians, some households with servants, many households w/o surnames and many widows. Weavers were likely here."

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