# Maria Raggi

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**Maria Raggi** di Scio (1552–1600) was a [Catholic nun](/source/Catholic_nun) from the island of [Chios](/source/Chios). In 1647 Italian artist [Gian Lorenzo Bernini](/source/Gian_Lorenzo_Bernini) depicted her in a [sculpture](/source/Memorial_to_Maria_Raggi) which resides on a nave of [Santa Maria sopra Minerva](/source/Santa_Maria_sopra_Minerva) church in Rome.[1]

## Life

Maria was born in [Chios](/source/Chios) to a Catholic family when the island was still part of the [Republic of Genoa](/source/Republic_of_Genoa). She was forced to marry at an early age. Chios was captured by the Turks in 1566, and her husband was killed by Turkish forces in 1570. In 1571 she decided to become a nun. She departed for Rome in 1584, where she was offered hospitality at the Palazzo by the de Marini family, near [Santa Maria sopra Minerva](/source/Santa_Maria_sopra_Minerva).[2] An extremely pious woman, she spent much of her day in prayer and reportedly continually performed miracles. After she died in 1600, there was some possibility of her being [canonised](/source/Canonised), but the general antipathy of [Pope Urban VIII](/source/Pope_Urban_VIII) to such events meant the opportunity passed.[2]

## See also

- [Memorial to Maria Raggi](/source/Memorial_to_Maria_Raggi)

## References

1. Avery, Charles (1997). [*Bernini: Genius of the Baroque*](https://books.google.com/books?id=pIJmQgAACAAJ). Little, Brown and Company. p. 141. ISBN 9780821224656.

1. Bernstock, Judith (1980). "Bernini's Memorial to Maria Raggi". *The Art Bulletin*. **62** (2): 243–255. [doi:10.2307/3049992](https://doi.org/10.2307/3049992). [JSTOR 3049992](https://www.jstor.org/stable/3049992)

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