Community Id: 418

Alternate Names: SS Simplicio, Faustino e Biatrice / SS Beatrice e Bibiana / SS Lorenzo e Bibiana / S. Bibianae ad Ursum Pileatum / SS Simplici Faustini & Biatrices et S. Uiuianae

Town: Rome

Diocese: Rome

Region: Lazio (Latium)

Country: Italy

Medieval Location: inside the town, Via Giovanni Giolitti, near the church of S. Bibiana, S. Maria Maggiore, and the porta Tiburtina

Dedication: Vivian / Beatrice / Lawrence / Simplicius / Faustinus

Date Founded: 806 or earlier

Date Terminated: 1440-4

Foundation Information: uncertain, but the first document dates from the papacy of Leo I, and the record of abbesses begins in the 12th century.

Notable Members/Residents/Guests: Agata , Restituta , Divizia , 1271

Order: Benedictine (after 1000 -- possible earlier orders uncertain)

Early Documents: [1] 806: papal letter; [2] 959: Donation

Miscellaneous Information: At the community's termination, nuns Lella and Giubilea are transferred to S. Eufemia al Vico Patricio , Sabina to S. Maria della Massima , and 2 novices, Cirolama and Costanza, get 50 florins to marry or enter another community.

Contributors: Suzanne Wemple-Kinder

Related Records(listed in the fields above):

S. Eufemia al Vico Patricio S. Maria della Massima

Other Related Records:

S. Bartolomeo alla Suburra (Notable Members Residents Guests) S. Sisto Vecchio (Foundation Information) S. Domenico e S. Sisto (Incorporated Communities) S. Domenico e S. Sisto (First Members)