Saints

Mystics are typically thought to pursue lives of solitude, sequestering themselves away from society in order to contemplate God without distraction. In this book, however, R. A. Herrera identifies and reflects on four significant mystics in history...

From St Fillan of Munster, patron saint of the mentally ill, who read by the light of his miraculously glowing arm, to Santa Lucia, who tore out her eyes to dismiss the lascivious attentions of her would-be husband, here are nearly 200 classic...