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1. Lega Zambelli, Antonio, 1770?-1867

Description

1. 1 item

Summary

1. · To Antonio Lega Zambelli, Lord Byron's steward and secretary : 1 autograph letter signed : 9 Nov 1821 : (B'ANA 0387) : from Bagnacavallo : in Italian; reporting on the health of Byron's child, Allegra, praising her character, and saying that she enquires after her father and her uncle [meaning Shelley]; asking Lega Zambelli to convey all to Byron.

Subject

1. Fabbri, Marianna, suor, -1849 -- Correspondence
2. Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 -- Family
3. Nuns -- Italy -- 19th century -- Correspondence

Call number

1. Pforz MS

Access (note)

1. Restricted access;

Biography (note)

1. Sister Marianna delle Vergine Addolorata (known in the world as Caterina Fabbri), Italian nun. She founded the Capuchin Convent in Bagnacavallo, Ravenna, which served as a fashionable school for girls of noble families. Lord Byron's daughter by Claire Claremont, Allegra, was brought to the convent in January 1821; she died there in April 1822, at age five.

Author

1. Fabbri, Marianna, suor, -1849.

Title

1. Suor Marianna Fabbri manuscript material, 1821.

Access

1. Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Biography

1. Sister Marianna delle Vergine Addolorata (known in the world as Caterina Fabbri), Italian nun. She founded the Capuchin Convent in Bagnacavallo, Ravenna, which served as a fashionable school for girls of noble families. Lord Byron's daughter by Claire Claremont, Allegra, was brought to the convent in January 1821; she died there in April 1822, at age five.

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1. Request Access to the Pforzheimer Collection

Added author

1. Lega Zambelli, Antonio, 1770?-1867, addressee.

Research call number

1. Pforz MS