Saint Biography

It is difficult in this day and age to imagine Christianity without the beneficent presence of the Blessed Virgin.

Next to Christ, of all those who grace the pages of the New Testament, Mary is perhaps the one who touches us the most.

"El otro Fangio" es una biografía del cinco veces campeón de Fórmula 1 escrita por Eduardo Gesumaría, avezado periodista que fuera su amigo durante tres décadas. El audiolibro aborda algunas de las facetas y anécdotas más impactantes de este hombre consagrado al volante: su vida en Balcarce, sus amores y renuncias, sus accidentes, el particular secuestro que sufrió en Cuba a fines de los ´50 y muchos detalles de las artes que lo convirtieron en uno de los mejores corredores de todos los tiempos (si no el mejor).

Just who was Saint Patrick? Many know him as the figure behind the huge festival of fun and drinking that takes place every year on March 17. But look a little more closely and see that there is more to the patron saint of Ireland than meets the eye.

1715, Louis XIV, le Roi Soleil, après plus de 60 années de pouvoir absolu meurt après le Dauphin, son fils, puis le nouveau Dauphin, son petit-fils. C’est donc l’un de ses arrières-petits-fils qui lui succédera. Mais il n’a que 5 ans et ne peut donc régner. Après une courte bataille pour le pouvoir, Philippe, duc d’Orléans, frère cadet du feu roi, devient Régent.

Als Fabien seine kleine Maschine in das Gold des Abends lenkt, weiß er um das Risiko des Nachtfluges nach Buenos Aires. Sein Vorgesetzter drängt; der Flugplan muss unter allen Umständen eingehalten werden. Ein Unwetter tobt über Südamerika, als der Funkkontakt zu dem Postflieger endgültig abbricht.

Además de Jesús, no hay otro personaje trazado más vívidamente en los evangelios que Pedro. Es en los momentos decisivos, donde se requiere una acción rápida y categórica, donde el líder de los apóstoles brilla; ahí Pedro no tiene rival en el círculo interno de personas que seguían a Jesús de Nazareth.

Saint Dominic Savio was born of very poor but holy peasant stock, one of ten children. His parents were from Castelnuovo D’Asti, ten miles outside Turin. When things got desperate they were forced to leave, to find work in a small village outside of Chieri called Riva. There on April 2, 1842, a boy child was born to Charles and Brigid Savio, whom they baptized Dominic. When Dominic was two years old, the family moved once again, to a village near their home town of Castelnuovo d’Asti, Murialdo.

While St. Francis of Assisi is one of the most beloved saints in history, the relevancy of St. Francis for our times in light of the election of Pope Francis has yet to be explored. This book is written with the intention of filling that gap. While it is biographical in nature, it also freely explores themes that relate to St. Francis but are not a part of his life.

Johannes Joergensen, scrittore danese convertitosi al cattolicesimo, in seguito ad un suo lungo soggiorno ad Assisi scrisse nel 1907 questa sua biografia del Santo, attenta non solo alle fonti, ma penetrata di fede e di dolcezza nelle sue descrizioni della natura. Il successo di tale lavoro gli valse la nomina di cittadino onorario di Assisi.

Whispers, Sinners, and Saints is a multigenerational story of heartbreak, horror, trauma, abuse—and perseverance. At the center are Anna, born in New York in 1959, and her mother, Ann, a Hungarian woman who immigrated to the US in 1957. Ann was twelve when the Nazis ordered the slum where she’d grown up to be the designated ghetto for all Jews. During that year, most of Ann’s family would disappear or be killed.

Mitropolit Dimitrij Rostovskij (v miru Daniil Savvich Tuptalo; 1651-1709) - russkij cerkovnyj dejatel', episkop Russkoj Cerkvi; duhovnyj pisatel', propovednik. V 1757 godu proslavlen v like svjatyh Pravoslavnoj Rossijskoj Cerkov'ju; pamjat' 21 sentjabrja (po julianskomu kalendarju) i v den' Sobora Sibirskih svjatyh (10 ijunja). Dimitrij Rostovskij proslavilsja kak plodotvornyj cerkovnyj avtor - sostavitel' sbornikov zhitij svjatyh (naibolee izvestnyj, v chetyreh knigah - "Chet'i-Minei").

Francis of Assisi has inspired the church for centuries. Francis took the gospel literally, following all that Jesus said and did without limit, and his devotion led to a life filled with miracles and wonders. Born to a wealthy cloth merchant in Assisi, Italy, Francis didn’t seem destined for the life of prayer and poverty that he chose. Bankrolled by his father, and with natural good looks and personality, Francis indulged in worldly pleasure. He had a ready wit, sang merrily, and delighted in fine clothes and showy display.

Joan of Arc (AD 1412 - 1431), nicknamed "The Maid of Orléans", is considered one of the greatest heroines of France for her courageous and pious role during the Lancastrian phase of the Hundred Years' War. As such, she was canonized a saint in the Roman Catholic church. Joan was born to a peasant family in northeast France. When still a youth, she received visions of the archangel Michael, Saint Margaret, and Saint Catherine of Alexandria, telling her to support Charles VII and to recover France from English domination during the Hundred Years' War.

As “Mormon royalty” within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Martha Beck was raised in a home frequented by the Church’s high elders—known as the apostles—and her existence was framed by their strict code of conduct. Wearing her sacred garments, she married in a secret temple ceremony—but only after two Mormon leaders ascertained that her “past contained no flirtation with serious sins, such as committing murder or drinking coffee.” She went to church faithfully with the other brothers and sisters of her ward.

In Breaking van Gogh, James Grundvig investigates the history and authenticity of van Gogh's iconic Wheat Field with Cypresses. Relying on a vast array of techniques from the study of the painter's biography and personal correspondence to the examination of the painting's style and technical characteristics, Grundvig proves that the "most expensive purchase" housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is a fake.

The rousing story of Lafayette - “adopted son” of George Washington - and his vital role in the American Revolution. In this long-overdue history of Marquis Gilbert de Lafayette, acclaimed French author Gonzague Saint Bris recounts Lafayette’s invaluable contributions to the American War of Independence and, later, the French Revolution of 1789.

St. Robert Bellarmine, brilliant follower of St. Ignatius of Loyola, has been credited with being one of the most outspoken critics of the heresies of Martin Luther and John Calvin. He focused the church of his time on the true teachings of the Catholic faith, which were contradicted by the Protestant Reformation. He is one of the powerful men discussed in this book whom the Lord sent to construct a suit of spiritual armor to defend his Church in this crucial time of crisis.

Teresa of Ávila was more than a nun cloistered in 16th-century Spain. She was a mystic, a visionary, a passionate reformer, and a woman who revolutionized our understanding of prayer. This captivating biography delves into the life and profound teachings of this inspiring saint.

Voici l'histoire époustouflante d'un jeune séminariste plongé, à l'aube de la seconde guerre mondiale, dans la sinistre légion de Hitler.

Entre tragédias pessoais e fatos inesperados, a vida de Irmã Dulce (1914-1992) sempre foi definida por reviravoltas: filha de uma família privilegiada, ela descobriu a fé e abandonou o conforto material, deixando as angústias do povo pobre penetrarem em seu coração.