Tag Archives: Iris Origo

Italian peasants in the 1920s

Posted on November 8, 2018 by odeboyz

Iris Origo and her husband bought an estate in Val d’Orcia, which was 3500 of parched eroded acres with 25 poverty-stricken farms: In a dark airless little room they found an old man dying and a woman giving birth in … Continue reading →

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Cardinal della Costa: an Italian hero in 1943

Posted on April 6, 2018 by odeboyz

The Archbishop of Florence, Cardinal della Costa, has taken a courageous stand. When some of his nuns were arrested, in consequence of having given shelter to some Jewish women in their convent, the Cardinal, putting on his full panoply, went … Continue reading →

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