The Nuns of Sant'Ambrogio: The True Story of a Convent in Scandal

from queencersei

In the mid 19th Century, a German princess engineers her escape from the Roman convent Sant'Ambrogio. Convinced that she is being poisoned, Princess Katherine manages to escape with the assistance of a cousin, who is a confident of the Pope. The ensuing Papal investigation uncovers a lurid scanda...

from ozzer

The Vatican must be having second thoughts about the wisdom of Pope John Paul II's decision to open its secret files to scholars if Hubert Wolf's excellent piece of scholarly sleuthing is any indication of what else may reside there. Wolf uncovered a scandal involving a nun committing almost ever...

from drmaf

A fairly dry but absorbing examination of a scandal the Vatican did an excellent job of covering up for 150 years. In 1858, at the convent of Sant'Ambrogio in Rome, a German princess who is serving as a nun makes a frantic appeal for help, claiming she is about to be murdered. The Church investig...

from drmaf

A fairly dry but absorbing examination of a scandal the Vatican did an excellent job of covering up for 150 years. In 1858, at the convent of Sant'Ambrogio in Rome, a German princess who is serving as a nun makes a frantic appeal for help, claiming she is about to be murdered. The Church investig...