Holy Women

by Pope Benedict XVI

• ISBN13: 9781612785103
• ISBN10: 1612785107
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-01-01
• Publisher: Our Sunday Visitor

Summary

From Scripture through today, women have always played a unique and critical role in Church history. In his weekly addresses, Pope Benedict XVI expertly and thoughtfully explores the life stories of seventeen such holy women.

Table of Contents

St. Hildegard of Bingen	p. 7
Her Life	p. 7
Her Writings	p. 10
St. Claire of Assisi	p. 17
St. Matilda of Hackeborn	p. 25
St. Gertrude the Great	p. 33
Bl. Angela of Foligno	p. 41
St. Elizabeth of Hungary	p. 49
St. Bridget of Sweden	p. 57
Marguerite d'Oingt	p. 65
St. Juliana of Cornillon	p. 73
St. Catherine of Siena	p. 81
Julian of Norwich	p. 87
St. Veronica Giuliani	p. 93
St. Catherine of Bologna	p. 101
St. Catherine of Genoa	p. 111
St. Joan of Arc	p. 119
St. Teresa of Ávila	p. 127
St. Thérèse of Lisieux	p. 137
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