![]() ![]() The story of the relationship between the two nuns and of Benedetta's fall from an abbess to an outcast is revealed in surprisingly candid archival documents and retold here with a fine sense of drama."-Amazon. During the course of an investigation, church authorities not only found that she had faked her visions and stigmata, but uncovered evidence of a lesbian affair with another nun, Bartolomeo. The discovery of the fascinating and richly documented story of Sister Benedetta Carlini, Abbess of the Convent of the Mother of God, by Judith C. Benedetta was elected abbess due largely to these visions, but later aroused suspicions by claiming to have had supernatural contacts with Christ. ![]() At twenty-three, she began to have visions of both a religious and erotic nature. Now, more than three decades later, she is consulting on Blessed Virgin, a movie adaptation of Carlini’s life directed by the Dutch filmmaker Paul Verhoeven and set for release in 2019. Born of well-to-do parents, Benedetta Carlini entered the convent at the age of nine. A few years of research resulted in Brown’s 1986 book Immodest Acts: The Life of a Lesbian Nun in Renaissance Italy. Not only is the story revealed in Immodest Acts that of the rise and fall of a powerful woman in a church community and a record of the life of a religious visionary, it is also the earliest documentation of lesbianism in modern Western history. Brown was an event of major historical importance. Brown, Savino DAmico (Translator) 3.67 679 ratings97 reviews 'I delitti che non si potevano nominare non avevano nome - letteralmente - e hanno così lasciato rare tracce nei documenti storici. ![]() Summary: "The discovery of the fascinating and richly documented story of Sister Benedetta Carlini, Abbess of the Convent of the Mother of God, by Judith C. ![]()
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