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The Cistercian community of Tre Fontane during the Schism




AuthorsImmonen, Teemu

EditorsRäsänen Marika, Salonen Kirsi

PublisherPublications de l’École française de Rome

Publication year2025

Book title Religious communities in Rome during the Great Western Schism

Series titleCollection de l'École française de Rome

Number in series626

First page 241

Last page253

ISBN978-2-7283-1852-0

eISBN978-2-7283-1853-7

Publication's open availability at the time of reportingOpen Access

Publication channel's open availability Open Access publication channel

Web address https://books.openedition.org/efr/66309


Abstract

This article discusses the fate of the religious community of Santi Vincenzo e Anastasio alle Tre Fontane in Rome during the Great Western Schism. It focuses on how the Schism affected three areas: 1) the administration of the abbey’s property, 2) the ability of the community to influence its own destiny and 3) the spiritual outlook of Tre Fontane. The vicissitudes of the abbey illustrate how little room for manoeuvre a religious institution may have had during these troubling years. In general, the fortunes of Tre Fontane were highly dependent on decisions made above the abbey. Its possessions were used as assets in a game that was played out at a higher level, between the popes of the different obediences, the king of Naples and the closest associates of both, the Roman baronial families.



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