A Decade of Italian Women, vol. 1 (of 2)

CHAPTER X.

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Catherine arrives in Rome; is accused of attempting to poison the Pope; is imprisoned in St. Angelo; is liberated; and goes to Florence.—Her cloister life with the Murate nuns.—Her collection of wonderful secrets.—Making allowances.—Catherine's death 256

VITTORIA COLONNA. Born, 1490. Died, 1547.