Paola Malatesta
| birth_place = Pesaro | christening_date = | christening_place = | death_date = | death_place = Mantua | burial_date = | burial_place = | religion = | occupation = | memorials = | website = | module = }} Paola Agnese Malatesta (1393 — 28 February 1449) also Paola of Mantua was an Italian noblewoman of the noble family House of Malatesta, rulers of Rimini and Pesaro. She was born in Pesaro in 1393 to Malatesta IV Malatesta, lord of Pesaro and Fossombrone, and Elisabetta da Varano. On 22 August 1409 she married Gianfrancesco Gonzaga, leader of Mantua, in Pesaro. She was the first Marquesa of Mantua after her husband received the title. Paola had six children. This union introduced the genetic disease of kyphosis to the Gonzaga family which showed in subsequent generations.She was known as a pious, dignified and keen woman and played a significant role in the Gonzaga court. Paola greatly influenced Mantuan culture by encouraging her husband to bring Vittorino da Feltre to Mantua to tutor their children. Vittorino was an early humanist scholar. At the request of Bernardino da Siena, who visited her in 1418, she built the Church of Saint Paola with an adjoining convent in Mantua around 1420 for the Franciscan Poor Clare Nuns. She retired to the convent after her husband's death in 1444.
Paola died in Mantua in 1449 and was interred in the convent of Santa Paola in monastic habit per her wishes. She is a saint in the Franciscan martyrology. Provided by Wikipedia
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2by Stefania Scalise, Luana Scaramuzzino, Valeria Lucchino, Claudia Esposito, Paola Malatesta, Katia Grillone, Nicola Perrotti, Giovanni Cuda, Elvira Immacolata ParrottaGet full text
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3by Milena Crippa, Paola Malatesta, Maria Teresa Bonati, Francesco Trapasso, Francesco Fortunato, Grazia Annesi, Lidia Larizza, Angelo Labate, Palma Finelli, Nicola Perrotti, Antonio GambardellaGet full text
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4by Valeria Lucchino, Luana Scaramuzzino, Stefania Scalise, Katia Grillone, Michela Lo Conte, Claudia Esposito, Umberto Aguglia, Edoardo Ferlazzo, Nicola Perrotti, Paola Malatesta, Elvira Immacolata Parrotta, Giovanni CudaGet full text
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