Una donna del Setecento narra la sua storia spirituale: Teresa Eletta Rivetti (1723-1790)

• Autores: Giovanna Chiara Cremaschi
• Localización: Archivum Franciscanum Historicum, ISSN 0004-0665, Vol. 105, Nº. 1-4, 2012, págs. 311-402
• Idioma: italiano
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  • GIOVANNA CHIARA CREMASCHI, OSC. – Una donna del Settecento narra la sua storia spirituale: Teresa Elettta Rivetti (1723-1790) (311-402) Teresa Eletta Rivetti, a Poor Clare at S. Restituta’s monastery in Narni, left a rich literary heritage behind, consisting of letters, short spiritual writings, and the initial part of an autobiography. As well as that, we have reports about her from some sisters who lived with her, as well as papers concerning the beginning of her canonization process and a record of the exhumation of her remains. After having presented this documentation, the article presents Teresa’s spiritual itinerary using the chronology of her own writings. A novice mistress and later on an abbess, she frequently experienced visions which centred on the Incarnation and the Passion. At the same time, certain mystical phenomena appeared on her body and she suffered from both diabolic temptations and recurrent diseases. Teresa felt spiritually drawn especially to the Heart of God, the Virgin Mary, John the Baptist, as well as to Saint Magdalene of Pazzi. Her intense mystical life attracted the attention of the Holy Office which, between 1757 and 1761, limited to a great extent her communication with the outside world.