21 nuns survived a catastrophic fire that swept through the 400-year-old Bernaga Monastery in Italy.

A herd of cloistered nuns fled their nearly 400-year-old Italian convent after a devastating fire broke out late Saturday night, devouring a trove of priceless artefacts.

The 21 nuns living at the site fled as the fire broke out at the Bernaga convent in La Valletta Brianza, a town outside Milan.

Nineteen of the nuns were transferred to another religious facility for temporary housing. Italian politician Massimo Sertori, the current chancellor of the area where the monastery is located, wrote that two others were taken to hospital with unspecified injuries. Facebook.

The monastery, first opened in 1628, is where the recently anointed Saint Carlo Acutis received First Communion, one of several rituals performed by Catholics during Mass that is first offered to children ages 8 to 11.

The fire completely destroyed the roof of the building, according to the photos published by Sertori.

The exact extent of the damage is unclear, but local media report that the collections of artifacts and artwork displayed within the monastery are likely beyond repair. Sertori added that there was “severe damage to the structure in which the distinguished paintings were kept.”

Marco Panzeri, mayor of La Valletta Brianza, described the fire as a “disaster” with “colossal and incalculable damage,” according to local media.

Sertori suggested that the fire may have been caused by “an electrical short in one of the cells of the Ambrosian monks who live there,” he wrote on Facebook.

The Ambrosian Rite is one of many liturgical rites within the Catholic Church. Each stems from specific saints or important figures. The Ambrosian Rite is named after Saint Ambrose, a German theologian who served as bishop of Milan during the 4th century.

Saint Acutis, hailed as the first millenarian saint, was just He was canonized on September 7. He died of leukemia at the age of 15 in 2006, but spent his limited time spreading God’s word through a website documenting miracles from around the world.

His family remembered him fondly as a fun-loving boy who was passionate about football – and Immersed in classic cartoons Like “The Simpsons” and “Pokemon” like any other kid.

After his death, Acutis was unofficially called “God’s influencer.”