Roman convent, responding to Pope Pius XII's request, sheltered 150 during Nazi occupation (CWN)
Jan 19, 2018 at 4:01 am
During the nine-month Nazi occupation of Rome in 1943 and 1944, Augustinian oblate sisters at the convent of Santa Maria dei Sette Dolori in Trastevere sheltered 150 Jews and others fleeing Nazi persecution.
