Description
The life of the monastic communities of the Second Franciscan Order, apart from the Rules of 1253 and 1263, was governed by Ordinationes, Constitutiones or Observances. This practice of relying on Ordinances or Constitutions started within the reform movement of the Observance. In this article, the author offers the edition of two unpublished Constitutions written in the sixteenth century for two monasteries of Poor Clares of the city of Forlì (Italy, Emilia-Romagna): the Monastery of St. Clare and the Monastery of “Santa Maria della Ripa”, also known as “Della Torre”. These documents provide valuable information on the history of the two monasteries: in the first case (Saint Mary), the text sheds light on several disciplinary problems in 1530; whereas in the second (Saint Clare), it witnesses to the involvement of the post-Tridentine local Ordinary who issues a very balanced set of norms.
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