author
Ordine della Santissima Annunziata
An unusual author credit that points not to a single writer, but to a religious order with deep roots in Genoa. Works published under this name are tied to the Monastic Order of the Most Holy Annunciation, a contemplative community founded in the early 17th century.
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Regles pour les officieres du monastere de l'Annonciade, fondé à Genes l'année de notre Salut 1604
by Ordine della Santissima Annunziata
Avis pour les religieuses de l'ordre de l'Annonciade celeste, fondé à Genes l'année de notre Salut 1604 R'imprimés en ladite Ville, & accomodés à la pratique de l'observance des Constitutions; pour l'instruction des exercices spirituels, à l'usage des Monasteres du même Ordre.
by Ordine della Santissima Annunziata
Constitutions pour les religieuses de l'ordre de l'annonciade céleste, fondé à Genes en l'Année 1604.
by Ordine della Santissima Annunziata
About the author
Rather than identifying one individual, Ordine della Santissima Annunziata refers to the Monastic Order of the Most Holy Annunciation, a Roman Catholic women’s order traditionally associated with Genoa and commonly known as the Annunziate Turchine. Historical records connect the order to Blessed Maria Vittoria De Fornari Strata, who founded it in 1604.
Because of that, books credited to this name are best understood as works issued by or for the order itself, not as the personal writings of a single modern author. Public-domain library listings show the name attached to devotional and rule-based texts, which fits the order’s contemplative and monastic character.
For listeners, that means this “author” profile represents a spiritual community and its literary tradition rather than one biography in the usual sense. The appeal here is historical as much as personal: these texts open a window onto religious life, discipline, and devotion in early modern Catholic Europe.