Title:
The nuns of Sant'Ambrogio : the true story of a convent in scandal
Format:
Books
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Publication Date(s):
2015
ISBN:
9780385351904
Uniform Title:
Nonnen von Sant'Ambrogio. English
Edition:
First United States Edition.
Physical Description:
xii, 476 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
General Note:
"Originally published in Germany as Die Nonnen von Sant'Ambrogio, 3rd ed. by Hubert Wolf, Munchen, in 2013"--Title page verso.
Contents:
"Such turpitudes" -- "The 'delicatezza' of the matter as such" -- "I am the little lion of my reformed sisters" -- "Wash me well, for the Padre is coming" -- "An act of divine splendor" -- "It is a heavenly liquor" -- "That good Padre has spoiled the work of God" -- "During these acts I never ceased my inner prayer" -- "Sorrowful and contrite".
Summary:
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 the convent's beautiful young mistress, Maria Luisa. Having convinced those under her charge that she was having regular visions and heavenly visitations, Maria Luisa began to lead and coerce her novices into lesbian initiation rites and heresies. What emerges through the fog of centuries is a sex scandal of ecclesiastical significance.
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