 in 1771.In the "Life of St. Paul of the Cross" by Vincent Strambi, we have evidence of his design from the beginning of the Congregation of the Passion to found an institute in which women, consecrated to the service of God, should devote themselves to prayer and meditation on our Lord's Passion.It was not until towards the end of his life that he wrote the rules of the institute which were approved by the brief of Clement XIV in 1770.