Institute of the English Ladies in Merano: Bereavements and Personnel Changes
The Institute of the English Ladies in Meran mourns the loss of three members within a short period. Concurrently, Miss Theresia von Malanotti departs to Brixen to assume leadership of the affiliated convent.
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Meran, 13 November. For a short time now, the local worthy institute of the English Ladies has been severely tried. In a very short interval, death claimed three of its members, and at this very moment it must come to pass that the convent nonetheless surrenders one of its most meritorious members to the sister convent in Brixen. Tomorrow, Miss Theresia von Malanotti, chosen by the Superior General of St. Pölten, Countess v. Mailath, to become the superior in Brixen, will leave us to be inducted into her new sphere of activity by the Lady Superior of Pesth, who has been specially delegated for this purpose.
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"Institute of the English Ladies in Merano: Bereavements and Personnel Changes." Tiroler Zeitung - Wochenblatt für Katholiken, 18 November 1851. https://digital.tessmann.it/tessmannDigital/Zeitungsarchiv/Seite/Zeitung/21006/1/18.11.1851/211143/2. https://www.meran-archive.com/en/artikel/1851-11-18-institut-der-englischen-fraeulein-in-meran-todesfaelle-und-personalwechsel