When Patrizia Masoero, 21, dumped Daniel Briatore, 21, she made sure that going back to him would not happen. She joined a nunnery. Briatore is now camping outside the gates to win her back.
Nine months ago Patrizia took religious vows at the Franciscan convent at Montecassino Abbey, south of Rome.
The heartbroken man has put a banner on the walls reading: "I didn't want to take you away, just talk to you, because I love you" after she refused to talk to him. The banner was quickly removed by the nuns.
Local villagers have decided to back Daniel and his quest to do whatever he has to to re-win the love of his life's heart back.
The couple had been together for several years before Patrizia told her family that she was leaving Daniel for the life of religion.
A nun who answered the telephone at the convent told the Telegraph:"Our sister has chosen the path she wants, there is no point in him staying here.
"At the moment she isn't even here, she is in Rome on a pilgrimage with her fellow sisters and is due back here at the convent this weekend - we just want all this attention to go away.
"We took the banner down but now the whole place is swarming with TV crews and photographers when I tried to leave the convent it was impossible because i had microphones and cameras pushed into me."
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