Non è Francesca. Un miracolo contestato di s. Francesca Romana (a. 1460),

The discovery of an unusual notary deed resulted in the addition of an unpublished document to the rich bibliography concerning Francesca Bussa dei Ponziani. In this deed the priest Francesco Sclavo rejects his own deposition regarding the wine miracle, given during Saint Francesca Romana’s canonization processes, alleging that it was forged. Before his rejection he ascribed the miracle to Vannozza, sister-in-law of the saint, a sort of alter ego of the blessed. Moreover, if we consider the sources in their totality – judicial, literary and iconographic –, Vannozza’s figure clearly undergoes a progressive removal, because it wasn’t useful for Francesca’s canonization policy, mainly favored by Olivetans and Oblates