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She wrote to the Pope
a few times during these years. Here, for the house:“Sister Angela del Giglio,
Venetian tertiary, most humbly prays to you, with all the
reverence possible … having been in the city of Assisi now for
a few years at the school for young girls that has been most
beneficial and is of great example, under the direction of this
one who is asking you now, having been encouraged by the
predecessor of the current bishop and having proceeded according
to the rules of the other schools in Rome and Montefiscone: and
since some conflicts and controversies have arisen concerning
the house where this very same pious work is carried out, (some
women) of the same city, have, before Monsignore, obtained the
possession of that said house so as to chase me, the current
resident now seeking your help, from there, having brought a mandate of evacuation to me,
even though I had always paid the rent on time to the previous owners,and would consider to do so to them, and even would pay before it were due, if they would
want it so in the future, if Your Holiness could deign to order
so, in Your supreme authority, as is done in Rome, commonly,
when a house is considered both necessary and beneficial to the
public. This one who is asking you now does not think that
there is, anywhere in this city, another place that would be
more comfortable or more conducive for this holy work. … This
supplication has been made to Your Holiness, and to the Lord
Bishop of A ssisi, with my intent being that the case concerning
the abovementioned house could be of interest to both of you, in
the event that it be difficult to oppose their advances for
possession of the house in the light of all the legal acts that
we have had to go through. …”
Mother Angela's Note
to the Pope
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