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Press over a vaster field, should reproduce a hundredfold the
same abundant fruits.
No wonder, then, that the letters of Venerable
Bartolomea were, even in her lifetime, highly valued by
eminent Priests of Brescia and Bergamo Dioceses, and that
Bishop Nava of Brescia himself was in possession of several
letters of hers and cherished them with jealous care.
In this regard it is fitting to quote what her Confessor
and Rev. Parish Priest of Lovere, Don Angelo Bosio, testified
during the canonical Processes: «To write anything at all, she
did not need to put in much effort; her pen ran smoothly and
speedily like water from a fountain. At times she would write
whole booklets without having to cancel any mistake; as a rule
she never had to make a rough copy, and there was about all
her writings such an unction and spiritual wisdom that they
were held, and are still held, in great esteem, as an effective
means to instil a deep faith and a sound piety. As I read them,

I am impelled to repeat what I said in another place (about the
Rules of a Pious Union for Priests and Virgins), referring to
what was affirmed by Count canoeist Tomini. “These are the
writings of a Saint” and “Saints’ things are not to be touched”».
With that sense of respect, in fact, her writings are kept
as close as possible to her autograph original script, slightly
correcting here and there only where it is a question of
grammatical construction or spelling so as to render the
reading smoother and more pleasant. – The few defects that
remain can be partly due to her deliberate intention to humble
her self-love (she herself furnished evidence of this), and

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