Inscription inside a Sunday Missal

[Waterlilly67]

Having some trouble reading it.

Any help would be appreciated with what is written, who wrote it and the date (I think the date is on there)

Sorry the photo is sideways, not sure why it is posting like that.

Thanks in advance,
Rachel

[darkerhorse]

Rotated.

[darkerhorse]

Should be rotated when the file is opened.

[darkerhorse]

When clicked on.

[mmogno]

A D. Elena Waith(?)
De Muro nel ricordo
di Bernardo e in
unione di vita cristiana
?? ??? Grimaldi(?)
come padre a figlia spirituale.
Roma 9-VII-1902(?)

[Waterlilly67]

Thanks for the help. Not sure what the 1902 refers to though, she had not met her husband Bernardo until 1924.

Her name was Elena Wait wife of Bernardo de Muro, but they did not marry until 1925. In 1902 she would have only been 8 years old and living in America.

Strange, unless it refers to a passage in the missal? I will have a look when I am at the museum on Wednesday, I am not sure where my Sunday Missal is, or I would look at mine. It is probably in hiding with my bible since my last move. lol

[mmogno]

It seems to me that it is the dedication on a missal given to Elena Wait by a priest, in memory of her husband.

[Waterlilly67]

That would make sense. Bernardo died in 1955, so I am not sure what the numbers mean, but probably a reference to something. Their daughter is still alive perhaps she would know.

Thanks again for the help!