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Gentile Budrioli, born in a respectable family and married to
the notary Cimieri, was one of the most promising students
of Scipione Manfredi, a famous Professor of Astrology of the
University of Bologna, and learned the secrets of herbs from
the Franciscan friar Silvestro. She went down in history as
Great Witch. She was admired and esteemed by everyone: the
members of the most renowned families of the city turned to
her for medications and she became friends with Ginevra Sforza,
wife of the lord of the city Giovanni II Bentivoglio, who chose her
as a counsellor. She was the victim of envy and, after horrible
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The saint from Bologna died in 1463 and while she was concluding
her earthly life, she started the miraculous life that led her to
become patron saint of Bologna. She grew up in the luxury and
comfort of the Este court in Ferrara, and when she was very young
she decided to join the Corpus Domini convent of Ferrara that she
left only to go to the Corpus Domini convent of Bologna in 1456.
She was a woman with a deep faith and a gifted artist in the art of
miniature and copying. Still today, six centuries from her death,
her perfectly preserved body is taken care of by the Poor Clare
nuns of the cloister and is venerated by the numerous worshippers
of the saint. Despite investigations, science could not explain the
phenomenon of this extraordinary preservation. The bombings
of the Second World War, which inflicted serious damage on this
sanctuary, could not do anything against Catherine, the Saint of
Bologna.
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Bologna was the city where the first female sculptor
of history, Properzia de’ Rossi, worked and lived,
in the early sixteenth century. She was a brilliant
and untameable person and passed with ease
from one activity to the other, from carving
marble blocks to decorating peach stones. Even
Vasari, who did not always have kind words for
the artists from Bologna, was fascinated by the
personality of the “female sculptor” and described
her life praising her and expressing his admiration. The beautiful
capitals of Palazzo Bolognini in via Santo Stefano are allegedly one of
the remaining works of the famous pioneer woman artist, and also
the San Petronio Basilica hides, in its small internal museum, a basrelief by her. A small and extraordinary masterpiece is preserved in
the Medieval Museum: the coat of arms of the Grassi family, in the
filigree frame there are 11 stones with images of Apostles and female
saints. Properzia had to get herself noticed in a male world; there
were very few female painters, but no woman had ever become a
sculptor, before her. She died without getting the chance to meet
Pope Clement VII, who was in Bologna for the coronation of Charles
V and wanted to meet her to admire the hands that had created so
many masterpieces. www.museibologna.it/arteantica
Lavinia Fontana Portrait of Gozzadini Family (detail)
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torture, she was burnt at the stake in 1498. The fortified gateway
(“torresotto”) is still there. According to the story, Ginevra hid
here, while Gentile was burnt in Piazza San Domenico.
paintings surround the niche with
the image of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
The paintings were commissioned
to famous painters from Bologna:
Jesus among the Doctors is a work
by Lavinia, as well as The coronation
of the Virgin. She was called to Rome
to work there and she stayed there
until her death, in 1614. In 1665 the
funeral of young Elisabetta Sirani
was held in this basilica, she had
died two months and a half before
but she was buried only after long
investigations. Elisabetta received a
strict education from her father, the
painter Giovanni Andrea, who prohibited her from leaving Bologna,
maybe in order to get help in painting when he fell ill with arthrosis.
Elisabetta, an artist of rare sensitivity, surrounded herself with
many female students who will continue the profession. She
suddenly died after two days of excruciating agony and rumours
started to circulate regarding a possible poisoning. She was buried
together with Guido Reni in the Rosary Chapel.
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The lives of many women are interwoven with the history
of the city. All of their lives are linked by a common
thread: passion. Passion for art, for knowledge, for
fame, for a man, for justice or freedom. Here are some
of their stories.
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1. Piazza Maggiore
did they have sixteen children, but they also worked together to
strengthen and increase the power of the family. They lived far
from each other in the last years of their life. In 1506 Pope Julius II
expelled the Bentivoglio from Bologna and officially reconquered the
city. Differently from her husband, Ginevra never gave up hope and
also for this reason she was considered a conspirator, the instigator
of horrible murders and a mean person, as the chroniclers of the
period depicted her. She died in 1507, abandoned by everyone, and
excommunicated, and her body was thrown into a mass grave. Her
beautiful palace was destroyed by popular acclaim, in the place
where now lies the Municipal Theatre of the city.
original state, was transformed into a cave with stalactites and
stalagmites, giving an eclectic and fanciful appearance to the
place, in line with the fashion of the time. She had an intense and
exciting life, so much that “when she was young she inspired quite
strong feelings in Napoleon”, as Louise Colet wrote. Born in Lugo di
Romagna in 1781, in her early twenties she was already famous for
her cultural gatherings, held in via San Vitale. The Armonioso speco
[literally: “harmonious cave”] mentioned by Foscolo in “Le Grazie”
is a reference to the cave that was built for her here.
5. Blessed Elena Duglioli
3. Anna Morandi Manzolini
S. Giovanni in Monte - piazza S. Giovanni in Monte, 3
Museum of Palazzo Poggi – via Zamboni, 33
Piazza Maggiore was the place where, in the High Middle Ages,
Bettisia Gozzadini, Novella d’Andrea and Margherita Legnani used
to walk, they all came from important families and shared the
passion for culture. They gave their famous lessons to university
students, having to face problems for that: young Bettisia, who
graduated in Law in 1236, dressed as a man for many years;
Novella held her lectures covered with a veil and Margherita
used to teach leaning out of a window. Due to their high level of
education they had to cope with an environment that was purely a
male environment and that stayed that way for long.
2. Ginevra Sforza
S. Giacomo Maggiore – piazza Rossini
A fresco of the Bentivoglio
Chapel portrays all the
members of the noble family
under the protection of the
Virgin Mary on the throne:
Giovanni II, lord of the city,
his wife Ginevra Sforza and
their numerous children.
Ginevra, daughter of the lord
of Pesaro, came to Bologna
in 1454 to marry Sante
Bentivoglio, lord of the city,
when she was only 12. When
he died, Ginevra married
Giovanni II Bentivoglio,
who was her own age.
Their marriage was not a
marriage of convenience
but a real bond. Not only
4. Cornelia Rossi Martinetti
Saints Vitale and Agricola – via S. Vitale, 50
Cappella Bentivoglio.
Especially the daughters of Ginevra Sforza
During the years of Napoleon’s government, the houses next to the
Church of the Saints Vitale and Agricola became the palace of the
muse of many artists: Cornelia Rossi Martinetti. She was a beautiful
and most of all a well-educated woman and she conquered the
hearts of personalities such as Ugo Foscolo, who will eulogise her
as Polyhymnia in “Le Grazie” (The Graces), Canova, who will call her
affectionately dark-haired Venus, Leopardi, Rossini, Chateaubriand,
Stendhal and even Ludwig II, the king of Bavaria. Her young husband,
the architect Battista Martinetti, turned those places into a romantic
residence: the old cloisters of the monastery became the private
gardens of the family, whereas the old crypt, now restored to its
Raffaello. The Ecstasy of Saint Cecilia
Piazza Maggiore
Born in Bologna in 1714, Anna Morandi studied
sculpture and drawing and in this environment
she met her husband Giovanni Manzolini,
anatomist and wax modeller. When he
started to suffer from depression Anna took
his place, helping him dissect cadavers
and reproduce the anatomical parts
in wax. Later, when, her husband was
diagnosed with tuberculosis, she obtained
the permission to teach in his stead. In
1755 the Senate of Bologna appointed her
wax modeller at the Anatomy Department
of the University. She refused the numerous
invitations from prestigious European institutes
and academies (from the Royal Society of London
to the Court of Catherine II, in Saint Petersburg), because she did not
want to leave Bologna, but the cases with her anatomical waxes were
sent all over Europe. The museums of Palazzo Poggi still show her great
skills. In the bust in which she portrayed herself she holds a brain in
her hand: she realized the central role of the brain for the functioning
of the human body and the importance of the nervous system for the
transmission of impulses to muscles. www.museopalazzopoggi.unibo.it
Here is preserved the grave of Blessed Elena Duglioli (1472-1520).
The Ecstasy of St. Cecilia by Raphael was made for her, now it is
kept in the National Gallery of Bologna (Pinacoteca Nazionale di
Bologna), and a copy is to be found in the chapel of the church.
She was mild-mannered and obedient, she loved to be alone and
to devote her time to good deeds. The only place where she used
to go was the Church of San Giovanni in Monte. Even though she
probably would have preferred to become a nun, she accepted to
get married, according to her mother’s will, with a man who was
much older than her. She lived her marriage in complete chastity,
drawing inspiration from Saint Cecilia, and devoting herself to
charity. In 1828 she was proclaimed Blessed.
6. Lavinia Fontana and
Elisabetta Sirani
San Domenico - piazza S. Domenico
Lavinia Fontana, daughter of the famous painter Prospero, allegedly
set as a condition before her marriage that she could continue to
paint. Her husband, the painter Gian Paolo Zappi, even accepted to
help her paint the clothes of the characters portrayed by her. Some
of her works are displayed in different churches of the city and in
the Davia Bargellini Museum. In 1601, inside the Basilica of San
Domenico, the Fifteen Mysteries of the Rosary were completed, the