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1 online resource (129 p.) |
| Contents |
Intro -- Halftitle Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: Medieval Saints -- 1. Blessed Gerard, Founder -- 2. St. Ubaldesca of Calcinaia -- 3. St. Ugo Canefri -- 4. St. Nicasius of Palermo -- 5. Blessed Gerard Mecatti of Villamagna -- 6. Blessed Gerland of Germany -- 7. Blessed Peter Pattarini of Imola -- 8. St. Toscana of Verona -- 9. St. Fleur de Beaulieu -- 10. St. Nuno Alvarez Pereira -- Part 2: Early Modern Saints -- 11. The English Martyrs -- Part 3: Saints of the Modern Era -- 12. Blessed Charles of Austria |
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13. Blessed Clemens August von Galen -- 14. Blessed Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster -- 15. Blessed Vilmos Apor de Altorja -- 16. Pope St. John XXIII -- 17. Pope St. Paul VI -- 18. Servant of God Andrew Bertie -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Feast Days of the Saints and Blessed of the Order -- Appendix 2: Litany of the Saints and Blessed of the Order -- References |
| Summary |
"With a storied history of being fierce defenders against the Church's enemies, the members of the Order of Malta are professed "monk-warriors." They act as the noble, chivalrous, and battle-scarred knights while also the servant of the poor and sick. For hundreds of years, the Church has been indebted to them for their military prowess. But the Order of Malta was, and is, much more than what legend and history celebrate. From its twelfth-century foundation, it has been a religious order. At its core are the three evangelical vows that lay religious men and women (for much of the order's history) have taken.This book brings to the fore the religious nature of the order, so long overshadowed by its glorious military tradition and, more recently, its global charitable activities. It focuses not on the monk-warrior but on the twenty-plus members of the order who have been canonized and beatified for their extraordinary lives of love, prayer, and dedication. The book offers the reader a series of brief biographies on some of the most diverse groups of saints to come from one religious order, from peasants to popes and everything in between. In applying historical analysis to the lives of these holy men and women, the author demonstrates that one need not hide behind hagiographic generalities or far-fetched stories to find examples of true virtue in the lives of these Hospitallers."-- Provided by publisher |
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Knights of Malta -- Biography
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Knights of Malta -- History
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| SUBJECT |
Knights of Malta fast |
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Saints -- Biography
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Saints
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781505121261 |
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1505121264 |
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9781505121254 |
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1505121256 |
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