ALUMINUS - A cubicle known as the Cubicle of Sabina, containing a sepulchral inscription of the alumna Sabina, recalling her status as an "alumna," who wished to be buried "super patronum" - Rome, cemetery of St. Agnes on the Via Nomentana.
The mission proceeds amid various difficulties arising from the nomadism of the Indians, the lack of access to secondary stations, the deadly climate, etc. The number of unbaptized is nevertheless decreasing significantly, and religious life is flourishing among the faithful.
BIBL.: Arch. Prop. Fide, Posiz. nn. 1732-910, rub. 151; MC, pp. 11-12. Giuseppe Monticone