Verdiana wa Castelfiorentino

Mt. Verdiana alivyochorwa.

Verdiana wa Castelfiorentino (pia: Viridiana Attavanti; 1182 - 1242) alikuwa bikira aliyepokewa na Fransisko wa Asizi katika Utawa wa Tatu wa Mt. Fransisko ambaye tangu ujanani hadi uzeeni aliishi kama mkaapweke akiwa amejifungia ndani^[1].

Tangu kale anaheshimiwa na Wakatoliki kama mtakatifu. Heshima hiyo ilithibitishwa na Papa Klementi VII mwaka 1533.

Sikukuu yake huadhimishwa tarehe 1 Februari^[2].

Tazama pia

• Watakatifu wa Agano la Kale
• Orodha ya Watakatifu Wakristo
• Orodha ya Watakatifu wa Afrika
• Orodha ya Watakatifu Wafransisko

Tanbihi

1. http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/39250 (Kiitalia)
2. Martyrologium Romanum

Marejeo

• Allegri, Francesca. Sante donne prime libere , Carmignani editrice , 2021
• Biagio. Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana. Plut. 20.6, 41v-44r. “Vita sanctae viridianae” (c. 1340)
• Giacomini, Lorenzo. Acta Sanctorum. Feb. I, pp. 257–61. “Verdiana.” (c. 1420)
• Benvenuti, Anna. “Capi d’aglio e serpenti: Aspetti civici del culto di santa Verdiana di Castelfiorentino,” La Toscane et les Toscans autour de la Renaissance: cadres de vie, société, croyances: mélanges offerts à Charles-M. de La Roncière. Aix-en-Provence: Publications de l'Université de Provence, 1999. pp. 313–349.
• Benvenuti, Anna. “Mendicant Friars and Female Pinzochere in Tuscany: From Social Marginality to Models of Sanctity.” Women and Religion in Medieval and Renaissance Italy. Ed. *Daniel Bornstein and Roberto Rusconi. Trans. Margery J. Schneider. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996. pp. 84–103.
• Del Re, Niccolò. “Verdiana.” Bibliotheca sanctorum. 12 vols., Rome: 1961-9., XIII, col. 1023-1027.
• Improta, Maria Cristina. La Chiesa di Santa Verdiana a Castelfiorentino. Castelfiorentino: Comune di Castelfiorentino, 1986.
• Wieben, Corinne. "Foster-Mother of Vipers: Episcopal Conflict and the Cult of Verdiana da Castelfiorentino." Languages of Power in Italy (1300–1600). Ed. Daniel Bornstein, Laura *Gaffuri, and Brian J. Maxson. Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols, 2017. pp. 143–160.

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