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after they flouted a request from the church to leave the 13th century monastery. The women were the sole residents of Ravello’s clifftop monastery for the last decade along with a 97yearold sister, Maria Cristina
Fiore who has resided there since 1955.
The church previously asked the nuns to transfer to another convent or monastery after an inventory report found the Santa Chiara property too costly to
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The nuns negotiated with the Vatican, asking for the monastery to receive more nuns saying the cloistered community is a crucial part of Catholic history and the town of Ravello, but the church has stood by its decision to expel the women from the nunhood.
