I found Benedetta Carlim by chance, while leafing through an inventory of nearly forgotten documents in the State Archive of Florence. The entry in the inventory read: "Papers relating to a trial against Sister Benedetta Carlini of Vellano, abbess of the Theatine nuns of Pescia, who pretended to be a mystic, but who was discovered to be a woman of ill repute. Perhaps it was the title that intrigued me more than anything else: Miscellanea Medicea -- what odd and fascinating documents might be found there? The State Archive, I knew, was filled with some of the richest historical treasures in all of Europe and a collection of miscellaneous documents belonging to the Medici period was sure to contain interesting materials, especially for a historian about to embark on a study of the first Medici grand duke.
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Cordova passed away a year ago this past week. It is also one of the best-selling lesbian books of all time. Being in the service of God within a community of women felt natural and right. Cherry wrote:. She found out for the first time about drugs, the peace movement and covert homosexuality. She was appalled and radicalized by seeing poverty and racial injustice for the first time.
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Growing up in a rural part of northern Brazil, she says her family was deeply Catholic and made it known that attending Mass was a requirement, not an option. In fact, because of the lack of priests in the area, her father would preach regularly to their local congregation. And, boy, did Dos Passos experience Catholicism. She seemingly found her calling at 15, after working with local nuns as a way to get involved with social justice issues. By 19, she was a postulant a prospective candidate looking to join the convent and become a nun herself.