The rumours Letizia had heard from pilgrims passing through Bergamo on their way home gravely troubled her mind, enough to cause her sleepless nights. Some said the man appointed as Jesus by the Duke’s Artist in Residence, the maestro Leonardo da Vinci, dined in the homes of the wealthy and was dressed like a Lord. Others declared he had lost his wits and was wandering the streets of Milan a homeless beggar. Knowing from Alessandro’s letter that he had been under the employ of this man only served to disturb Letizia more and give rise to the fear that the man she loved had met some terrible fate.
In need of godly counsel and advice, Letizia sought out her local priest Father Gregory, a young priest who had arrived at Bergamo not long after she had moved into her marital home.
‘Father, I
