Maddalena

Maddalena is an Italian female given name derived from Saint Mary Magdalene. It may refer to:

Churches

• Santa Maria Maddalena in Rome
• La Maddalena, Venice

Localities

• La Maddalena, a commune in Sardinia, Italy
• Maddalena (Genoa), a neighborhood in Genoa, Italy
• Maddalena Archipelago, a group of islands in the Strait of Bonifacio
• Maddalena Pass, a pass in the Alps
• Monte Maddalena, a mountain in Lombardy, Italy

People

• Maddalena Aceiaiuoli (1557–1610), Tuscan noblewoman and poet
• Maddalena Allegranti (1754–1829), Italian opera singer
• Maddalena di Canossa (1774–1835), Italian foundress of the two Canossian orders
• Maddalena Musumeci (born 1976), Italian water polo player
• Master of the Maddalena (fl. 13th century), unnamed Florentine artist
• Maddalena, the assistant to anthropologist Charles Godfrey Leland
• Giovanni Maddalena, Professor of theoretical philosophy at University of Molise
• Jack Della Maddalena, Australian Mixed Martial Artist
• Julie Maddalena, American voice actress
• Marianne Maddalena (born 1963), American Film producer

Film, fiction and music

• Maddalena (1954 film), a 1954 Italian film directed by Augusto Genina
• La Maddalena (2014 film) a 2014 Italian film
• Maddalena (opera), a one-act opera composed by Sergei Prokofiev
• Maddalena, a 1971 film directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz

Other uses

• Maddalena lunatic asylum, a 19th-century "insane asylum" in Aversa, near Naples, Italy

See also

• Maria Maddalena (disambiguation)
• Madeleine (disambiguation)
• Magdalene (disambiguation)
• Magdalena (disambiguation)
• Santa Maddalena Foundation, a writers' retreat in Tuscany, Italy
• Santa Maria Maddalena (disambiguation)