Note Note 10 — Front matter (continued 7)
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10. The Nunnery of the Convertites. Within a month after the death of Pompilia the Nunnery of Sta. Maria Maddalena delle Convertite al Corso (founded 1520 pro mulieribus ab inhonesta vita ad honestam se convertentibus) laid claim to the whole of Pompilia's property on the ground of their privilege of receiving the property of women of evil life who died in Rome.