The rain fell in steady, somber gray sheets across the historic cloister of the Basilica di Santa Chiara in the heart of Spaccanapoli. The fourteenth-century Franciscan complex, famous for its majestic cloister of majolica-tiled octagonal columns and frescoed porticoes, was closed to the public by municipal police and private security details. Chiara stood beneath a black silk umbrella, dressed in an elegant black wool coat with velvet lapels, her face…
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