Franciscan herald (1913 - 1940) . dience to your father, and leavethe rest to me. She accordinglynotified her father of her readinessto do as he wished. The Count rejoiced at his daugh-ters submission to his desire, andthe marriage ceremonies were cele-brated with great pomp. Duringthe festivities which followed, An-gelina found an opportunity to re-tire to her chamber. Bursting in- 256 FRANCISCAN HERALD to tears, she cast herself before alittle altar and implored our Lordto come to her assistance accord-ing to his promise. In the midstof her distress, an angel appearedto her, consoled her, an
Franciscan herald (1913 - 1940) . dience to your father, and leavethe rest to me. She accordinglynotified her father of her readinessto do as he wished. The Count rejoiced at his daugh-ters submission to his desire, andthe marriage ceremonies were cele-brated with great pomp. Duringthe festivities which followed, An-gelina found an opportunity to re-tire to her chamber. Bursting in- 256 FRANCISCAN HERALD to tears, she cast herself before alittle altar and implored our Lordto come to her assistance accord-ing to his promise. In the midstof her distress, an angel appearedto her, consoled her, and reassuredher of the divine protection. TheCount of Ci-vitella, herhusband,coming atthat moment,enquired whothe mysteri-ous personwas whom hehad seen con-versing withher, and whohad vanishedso toldhim of hervow, of thevoice whichhad told herto do her fa-thers willand leave therest to Provi-dence, andthen entreat-ed him to al-1 o w her tokeep thepromise shehad made toGod. Theyoung Count,admiring theheroic virtue. of his bride, andtouched by grace, not only grantedher desire, but also bound himselfby the vow of perpetual chastity. The pious couple took up theirabode in the castle of Civitella andvied with each other in the practice of prayer and works of mercy. Butthe health of the young Count soonbegan to decline, and after twoyears he died the death of the was thus left free tocarry out her long cherished inten-tion of devoting herself exclusivelyto the serviceof God. Inorder to makeher r e s o 1 u -tion evidentto all, shejoined theThird Orderof St. Francis,and easily in-duced her la-dies of honorand her do-mestics to dothe theseshe strictlyobserved theRule of theOlder in allthings, imi-tated the lifeof a religiouscommunityas far as pos-sible, and at-tended to thewants of thesick and thepoor. But eventhis did notsatisfy the zeal of Angelina. Ac-companied by some of her compan-ions, she visited the towns of thedistrict, and by h
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