The nuns of Sant'Ambrogio
Convents
Monasticism and religious orders for women
Monasteries
Scandals
Nuns
Catholic Church
History
In 1858, a German princess, recently inducted into the convent of Sant'Ambrogio in Rome, wrote a frantic letter to her cousin, a confidant of the Pope, claiming that she was being abused and feared for her life. The subsequent investigation by the Church's Inquisition uncovered illicit behavior of t…
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