[1] In 1579 she was accepted as a "spiritual daughter" of the Society of Jesus after an examination by Fr Morales, sent from Rome by Jesuit General Everard Mercurian for the purpose.
[2] In the 1590s, the relationship between Berinzaga and her confessor came under negative scrutiny, in large part due to Isabella's claim to have received divine intimations concerning the reform of the Society of Jesus as becoming too invested in education at the expense of direct evangelization.
[1] Claudio Acquaviva, attempting to reduce Gagliardi's influence, excluded him from the General Congregation of the Society held in Rome in the winter of 1593–1594, and ordered him to leave Milan.
Gagliardi, however, received political support from Juan Fernández de Velasco, Spanish governor of Milan, and was able to have the order temporarily revoked.
Robert Bellarmine carried out a study of writings circulating in manuscript that were attributed to Berinzaga, and condemned them as "new and dangerous", based on "imagination or illusions".