Giulia di Marco

Nicla Riverso (University of Washington)

Ed. by Jo Ann Cavallo, Columbia University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.6.1: Italian Writing and Culture, 453-present.
Vol. editors: Carla Bregman (Independent Scholar - North America), Jo Ann Cavallo (Columbia University), Nicole Kennedy (University of Newcastle)

Dates

Born 1575
Died c. 1615
Activity 1600-1615

Places

Born in Italy
Active in Italy

Activities

Primary

Nun
Religious leader

Resources

di Marco's Works

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Giulia di Marco was born in 1575 in Sepino, in the County of Molise in southeast-central Italy. Her name is variously spelled: Julia de Marchiis (in Latin), Giulia de Marco, Giulia de Marcos, and Giulia di Marco. Her family was of humble origins: her father was a labourer, and her mother was the daughter of a labourer and a Turkish slave. As a young girl, she went to Naples to work as a servant. While in Naples, she had a son whom she was forced to abandon at the

Ruota degli Esposti dell’Annunziata

[Foundling Wheel of the Annunciation]. Around 1600, upon the death of her mistress, she decided to take up the habit of a Franciscan tertiary and became a

bizzocca

[house nun]. The

bizzoche

were women who, unable or unwilling – for economic or family reasons – to enter the convent, lived…

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Citation: Riverso, Nicla. "Giulia di Marco". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 11 April 2025 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=15374, accessed 15 April 2025.]