at elli ▁brothers ▁were ▁then ▁obliged ▁to ▁seek ▁refuge ▁in ▁Bolog na , ▁where ▁they ▁lived ▁in ▁ret irement , ▁being ▁forb idden ▁to ▁exercise ▁their ▁Christian ▁min istry . ▁They ▁devoted ▁themselves ▁to ▁study ▁and ▁P ign at elli ▁began ▁to ▁collect ▁books ▁and ▁manuscript s ▁bearing ▁on ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁the ▁Society . ▁ ▁Rest oration ▁A ▁few ▁years ▁later , ▁the ▁newly ▁elected ▁Pope ▁P ius ▁VI ▁granted ▁permission ▁for ▁the ▁surv iving ▁ex - J es uits ▁to ▁reun ite ▁with ▁the ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁Society ▁of ▁Jesus ▁still ▁function ing ▁in ▁the ▁Russian ▁Empire . ▁P ign at elli ▁sought ▁to ▁go ▁there , ▁that ▁he ▁might ▁join ▁them , ▁but ▁for ▁various ▁reasons ▁he ▁was ▁obliged ▁to ▁de fer ▁his ▁departure . ▁During ▁this ▁delay ▁P ign at elli ▁was ▁permitted ▁by ▁Ferdinand , ▁Duke ▁of ▁Par ma ▁( who ▁had ▁viol ently ▁exp elled ▁them ▁from ▁his ▁lands ▁in ▁ 1 7 6 8 ), ▁to ▁re - est ab lish ▁the ▁Society ▁in ▁his ▁du chy . ▁In ▁ 1 7 9 3 , ▁having ▁obtained ▁through ▁Em press ▁Catherine ▁II ▁of ▁Russia ▁a ▁few ▁Jes uit ▁f athers ▁from ▁Russia , ▁along ▁with ▁some ▁other ▁Jes uits , ▁the ▁new ▁establishment ▁was ▁made . ▁ ▁On ▁ 6 ▁July ▁ 1 7 9 7 , ▁P ign at elli ▁renew ed ▁his ▁religious ▁v ows . ▁In ▁ 1 7 9 9 ▁he ▁was ▁appointed ▁master ▁of ▁nov ices ▁for ▁a ▁new ▁nov iti