 He was heartened however, when her successor, Emperor Paul I of Russia, expressed support for the Jesuits, a few months after her death, in 1797.The hope of the Society being once again officially recognised was becoming closer to its realisation, when the Duke of Parma, Italy, asked for some Jesuits to be sent to recommence work in Parma in 1793.Many ex-Jesuits asked to be re-affiliated with the Society in Russia in this period.