Caterina of Siena in the Writings of Observant Poor Clares: Caterina Vigri and Battista of Varano

Silvia Serventi graduated in Classics at the University of Bologna in 1998 with a dissertation entitled <i>Prediche per le monache di San Giorgio di Lucca</i>; she obtained the PhD in Italian studies at the University of Turin in 2005; she has benefited from various scholarships including the “Borsa di studio Vittore Branca” at the Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa between 2008 and 2009. She edited Giordano da Pisa’s<i> Avventuale fiorentino</i>, the letters of spiritual direction by Girolamo da Siena and Bianco da Siena’s complete collection of<i> laudi</i>. She has dealt with the writings of the Poor Clares of the Observance, editing the volume with minor works by Caterina Vigri and the Latin and vernacular text of the <i>Trattato della purità del cuore</i> by Battista da Varano. She teaches Art history at the high school and deals with Italian religious literature of the late Middle Ages and the early modern age. She collaborates with the <i>Istituto Storico Italiano per il Medio Evo</i> on the project for the edition of Catherine of Siena’s letters.