Angela had friends from all walks of life.Once a month there will be a post about one of them.Today, we'll look at one of the closest, Antonio Romano, in whose house she spent nearly fourteen years. He lived near the church of St Agatha, whose feast we kept yesterday.
Antonio was a cloth merchant and had first met Angela at the house of Caterina Patengola in Brescia. Angela had gone there to comfort Caterina on the death of her husband and children. Antonio says " And so, as I used to pay several visits there, I became very attached to Madre Suor Angela and she agreed to come and live in my house."
After Angela's death he was asked to be one of the witnesses at the Processo Nazari.. Thanks to Antonio we have some details of Angela's daily life. His affection for her shines through his testimony, as well as his honesty and generosity.Despite the differences in their ages when they first met, Antonio in his twenties and Angela in her forties, there was an immediate and lasting rapport between them.
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