The Saint by Antonio Fogazzaro

"The Saint" by Antonio Fogazzaro is a novel published in 1905. The final installment of a trilogy follows Piero Maironi, who has transformed into the ascetic monk Benedetto after abandoning his former life. Living among peasants who regard him as a miracle-working saint, he forms a secret group calling for radical church reform. His journey leads him to Rome, where he works among the poor and eventually meets Pope Pius X to plead for spiritual renewal—confronting the formidable forces of institutional resistance. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Fogazzaro, Antonio, 1842-1911
Commentator Thayer, William Roscoe, 1859-1923
Title The Saint
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Il_Santo_(novel)
Credits Produced by Charles Aldarondo, Tiffany Vergon, David Widger
and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
Reading Level Reading ease score: 78.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Subject Italy -- Fiction
Category Text
EBook-No. 8455
Release Date
Most Recently Updated Feb 26, 2021
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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