Viajó luego por Italia en compañía de Rodríguez y del primo hermano de su fallecida esposa Fernando Rodríguez del Toro y el 15 de agosto de 1805 en el Monte Sacro de Roma se comprometió solemnemente ante estos a libertar a su patria.
He traveled through Italy in the company of Rodriguez and the first cousin of his deceased wife, Ferdinand Rodriguez del Toro, and on August 15, 1805, at Monte Sacro in Rome, he solemnly pledged himself to free his country.
