Was she a nun? Yes, she was not merely a nun. She went on to found a religious congregation.
Was she married? Yes, not once, but twice.
How did she become a nun? Both marriages ended in a divorce.
Did she have children? Yes, three from the first marriage, and five from the second one. Therefore she had eight children to look after.
These details are enough to show that the person we will look at this time is an extraordinary woman in whose life several apparent contradictions merged. She is now referred to as Mother Antonia Brenner. But her baptismal name was Mary Clarke.
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