
In 1867, with Garibaldi's forces close to bringing Rome into the Italian kingdom, Monsignor Colombo da Priverno, a world-weary judge on the papal court, wants to resign, disgusted by the violence to which the papacy resorts to hold secular power.

Monsignor Colombo

Cesare Costa

la comtesse Flaminia

le pape noir

Il conte Ottavio

Teresa