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Pub. Date
1991
Language
English
Description
A story about one of the most unusual women of all time, Saint Catherine of Sienna, the daughter of a prosperous dyer in 14th century Sienna. She never forgot the mystical experience of her youth, at a time when she devoted herself to Christ. It was a shock to her family when, refusing to marriage, she insisted on giving her life totally to God. It was a dangerous era with city-states at war with each other, the pope was in France, and there was...
Author
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
The story of how St. Augustine was transformed from a vain, sensual youth to the brilliant, devout writer and theologican -- the man who conquered himself as completely as he did the adversaries of the Church -- whose literary and philosophical masterpieces were to dominate Western though for a thousand years. The turbulent times of the Roman Empire in the last days of decadence are recreated weaving together the personalities whose lives closely...
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