Vitorchiano
Location
Official Name Monastero Trappiste Nostra Signora di San Giuseppe
N° 11
Country Italy
City Vitorchiano (Viterbo)
Address Via della Stazione, 23
Postcode I-01030
Contact Information
Telephone [39] (761) 37 00 17
Community Email [email protected]
Website www.trappistevitorchiano.it
Superior Madre Rosaria Spreafico, Badessa 1988
Other Information
Juridical Status Abbey
Diocese Dioecesis Viterbiensis (Viterbo)
OCSO Region REM
Founded/Restored 1875
Origins
Foundation at S. Vito 1875 by Lyon-Vaise; transfered to Grottaferrata in 1898 and to Vitorchiano in 1957
History
In September 1875 Sister Marie Teresia Astoin (Oblate of Vaise) took up residence in Italy at San Vito, close to Turin, at the Raby Villa which she had acquired at her own expense. Between 1875 and 1876 one French novice from Vaise and four Italians postulants joined her. In October 1876 nine French nuns came from Vaise to join the little community: five choir sisters and four lay sisters. On 26 October 1876 Rev.M. MarieTeresia Astoin was elected as the first prioress, after having made her monastic profession on 25 October.
In 1898 (23 years later) the superiors of our order judged it opportune to transfer the community from S. Vito to Grottaferrata, where the community of the Catacombs (now Frattocchie) generously offered their retirement house to the young community, who could only bless Divine Providence for this opportunity.
1954 Purchase of a property at Vitorchiano, near Viterbo, with a view to transfering the community.
1957 The monastery is finished, and the community moves there at the beginning of June.
1960 Solemn vows.
Foundations
Valserena (1968), Hinojo (1973), Quilvo (1981), Humocaro (1984), Gedono (1987), Matútum (1995), Naší Paní (2007)
Father Immediate
Frattocchie
Important Figures
Bl. Maria Gabriella Sagheddu
Past Superiors
Marie Teresia ASTOIN — Superior — 25/09/1875 – 26/10/1876
Marie Teresia ASTOIN — Prioress — 26/10/1876 – 27/09/1898
Agnese SCANDELLI — Superior — 27/09/1898 – 30/11/1898
Agnese SCANDELLI — Titular prioress — 30/11/1989 – 03/10/1927
Agnese SCANDELLI — Abbess — 03/10/1927 – 30/11/1929
Agnese SCANDELLI — Superior — 30/11/1929 – 30/12/1931
Maria Pia GULLINI — Abbess — 30/12/1931 – 13/12/1940
Tecla FONTANA — Abbess — 21/12/1940 – 17/12/1946
Maria Pia GULLINI (2) — Abbess — 17/12/1946 – 19/04/1951
Tecla FONTANA (2) — Superior — 09/06/1951 – 19/04/1952
Immaculata TIRABOSCHI — Superior — 19/04/1952 – 13/11/1953
Immaculata TIRABOSCHI — Abbess — 13/11/1953 – 20/10/1958
Armanda BORRONI — Superior — 20/10/1958 – 21/11/1959
Armanda BORRONI — Abbess — 21/11/1959 – 26/09/1964
Cristiana PICCARDO — Abbess — 17/10/1964 – 18/10/1988
Work and Sources of Income
Pictures, jams, fields and gardens
Guest Facilities
Guesthouse: 20 rooms (35 beds). Chaplaincy: 4 rooms for priests. For groups: one house for 10 persons
