“To my dearest sisters of the Monastery of the Holy Cross, with deep fraternal affection, happy to have had the opportunity to meet the community. I ask the Lord for His blessing upon you.” Signed: Robert Prevost
This Servant of God was born on February 18, 1745, to Marco di Giovanni Renzi and Maria Angiola di Benedetto Borgiotti, of the parish of the Collegiate Church of St. Frediano in Cestello, Florence. On the same day, she was baptized in the beautiful church of St. John, and was given the name Maria Gaetana.
