A nun who has given birth to a baby boy in Italy said she had no idea she was pregnant.
The 31-year-old was taken to hospital on Wednesday with abdominal pains, which she thought were stomach cramps, local media reported.
The mother, originally from El Salvador, and her baby are said to be doing well and a number of other new mums in Rieti hospital have begun collecting clothes and donations for her.
Italian news agency ANAS reported that she named the baby, who weighs 3.5 kilograms (9 pounds), Francis after the current Pope.
‘I did not know I was pregnant. I only felt a stomach pain,’ the nun told ANAS.
Local pastor Don Fabrizio Borrello told journalists the nun was going to take care of the infant.
‘I guess she’s telling the truth when she says she arrived at the hospital unaware of the pregnancy,’ he said.
The woman belongs to a convent near Rieti, which manages an old people’s home. Other nuns at the convent said they were ‘surprised’ by the news.
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