Ludovica Torelli [SEP] place of death
Ludovica Torelli
Ludovica Torelli (26 September 1500 in Guastalla – 28 October 1569 in Milan) was ruling Countess of Guastalla in 1522–1539.
Life.
She was the only daughter of Achille Torelli, Count of Guastalla, who died in battle at Luzzara in 1522, making her Countess of Guastalla.
Having lost early her husband Ludovico Stanghi and son Achille, she remarried in 1525 with Antonio Martinengo, who was murdered on 18 April 1528 by a brother-in-law. Ludovica also escaped an assassination attempt by
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In the next centuries the Oratorio was then used for some years as a chapel by a group of female monks of the Order of the Angeliche of Saint Paul (founded in 1530 by countess Ludovica Torelli) who lived in a nearby farmhouse, probably a convent at the time. In the 17th century control of the church was taken over by the Olivetans.
The oratory then lost its use as a place of worship during the Napoleonic era, when it was used by the Emperor's troops as weapons' storage