This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1911 edition. Excerpt: ...he had seen during his lifetime. But at the Saint's death the man proclaimed the story everywhere. Such is the legend. Another apparition, that of St. Francis himself, yet living, and at the time in Italy, comes down to us on incontestable authority. At the Provincial Chapter of Aries, in Provence, where the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1911 edition. Excerpt: ...he had seen during his lifetime. But at the Saint's death the man proclaimed the story everywhere. Such is the legend. Another apparition, that of St. Francis himself, yet living, and at the time in Italy, comes down to us on incontestable authority. At the Provincial Chapter of Aries, in Provence, where the friars had a convent1 between the Cathedral of St. Trophimus and the great Roman amphitheatre, St. Antony was preaching to the assembled friars " in sweet and earnest words" from the title over the Cross: "Jesus Nazarenus, Rex Judaorum ." Suddenly Brother Monaldo, "a man of tried virtue," looked up, and beheld over the doorway the figure of the Seraphic Father, his tion. The first mention of it is in the " Liber Miraculorum" (1367); and the first known representation of St. Antony with the Holy Child was painted in 1459. No less than three places, Padua, Chateau-neuf, and Camposampiero claim to be the scene of it. It is related of a number of other Saints. 1 To-day a pensionnat. The chapter-house is used for meals. A large stove stands on one side, from which a long black pipe runs up to the roof, through the beautiful vaulted, painted ceiling. pierced hands outstretched in blessing. Thus did Francis " bear... testimony to Antony, who... had so earnestly desired, and still continued to desire, the sufferings of the cross ." Of all the supernatural occurrences which gem the life of Blessed Antony this is the most remarkably authenticated. For not only did Fra Monaldo, its eye-witness, affirm it, not only did St. Bonaventure, Jean Rigauld, and others, record it; but St. Francis himself "openly attested the truth of it." Though this is of course not a miracle of our Saint it is one of...
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Add this copy of Saint Antony of Padua: the Miracle Worker, 1195-1231 to cart. $44.29, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2010 by Kessinger Publishing.
