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# Founded twice, three centuries apart
- URL: https://www.readingrome.com/founded-twice-three-centuries-apart/
- Published: 2026-09-22T14:35:59.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-22T14:35:58.000Z
- Author: Maria Chugrova

The Augustinian Sisters of Divine Love were founded in 1705 in Montefiascone by a bishop for the girls and women of his diocese. Napoleon shut the monastery down; one surviving sister, back in Rome, started it again from nothing — schools and retreats for the city's girls, rebuilt after being erased. The gate is younger than the order.

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