In this heroic action she obtained the intervention of the most holy Virgin, as may be seen by a letter in her handwriting addressed to a regular priest, wherein she promises, by the aid of the holy Virgin, to attach herself no more either to her relations, or to any other earthly object.

This renunciation was so resolutely courageous and so sincere that from that hour her brothers, sisters, nephews, and all her kindred became to her objects of total indifference; and she deemed herself thenceforth so much an orphan and alone in the world, that she was enabled to see and converse with her aforesaid relations when they came to see her at the convent, as if they were persons utterly unknown to her.
"She had made herself in Paradise an entirely spiritual family, selected from among the saints who had been the greatest sinners.

Her father was St.Augustin; her mother St.Mary the Egyptian; her brother St.William the Hermit, ex-Duke of Aquitaine; her sister St.Margaret of Cortona; her uncle St.Peter, the Prince of the Apostles; her nephews the three children of the furnace of Babylon." Now here is a book that you, probably, attribute to the monkish ages; a book expressing the isolated sentiments of a mind obscured by the gloom of the cloisters.
In order to convince you of your error, I will give you its title and date, and the opinion concerning it expressed by the rulers of Rome.
"Life of the Virgin Saint Jacintha Mariscotti, a professed Nun of the Third Order of the Seraphic Father St.Francis, written by the Father Flaminius Mary Hanibal of Latara, Brother Observant of the Order of the Minors.

Rome, 1805.
Published by Antonio Fulgoni, by permission of the Superiors.
"Approbation .-- The book is to the glory and honour of the Catholic Religion and the illustrious Order of St.Francis, and to the spiritual profit of those persons who desire to enter into the way of perfection.
"Brother Thomas Mancini, of the Order of Preachers, Master, ex-Provincial, and Consultor of Sacred Rites.
"Imprimatur.

Brother Thomas Vincent Pani, of the Order of Preachers, Master of the Sacred Apostolical Palace." Now here we have a woman, a writer, a censor, and a Master of the Palace, who are ready to strangle the whole human race for the sake of hastening its arrival in Paradise.