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UNISA996389601803316 |
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Colgan John <1592-1658.> |
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The lives of the glorious Saint David Bishop of Menevia, patron of Wales and master of many Irish saints [[electronic resource] ] : and also of Saint Kieran the first-borne saint of Ireland, first bishop and principall patron of the Diocesse of Ossorie / / collected out of Father Colganes first volume of the Acta Sanctorum Hiberniae ; and Englished by a devoted servant of the aforesaid saints, for the publicque [sic] good |
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Printed at Waterford, : by Peter de Pienne, and are to be sold in Kilkenny at the corner shop, 1647 |
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Monografia |
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A translation of selections from the third volume of an incompletely published work on the sacred antiquities of Ireland. This third volume is the first printed volume of the projected six volume set, printed in Louvain under the title: Acta sanctorum veteris et majoris Scotiae seu Hiberniae. |
Printer's ornament on t.p., headpieces, initials, printer's device on colophon. |
Imperfect: tightly bound with slight loss of text. |
Reproduction of original in: National Library of Ireland. |
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UNINA9910783315303321 |
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Jonas Raymond <1954-> |
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The tragic tale of Claire Ferchaud and the Great War [[electronic resource] /] / Raymond Jonas |
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2005 |
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1-282-76312-1 |
9786612763120 |
0-520-93828-3 |
1-59734-947-X |
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1 online resource (232 p.) |
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World War, 1914-1918 - Religious aspects - Catholic Church |
Sacred Heart, Devotion to - France - History of doctrines - 20th century |
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Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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The Great War in the European imagination -- Miracle or "miracle?" -- Carnal vision and saintly ambition -- Spiritual patronage and a mission to save France -- Silent eruptions : Claire and her public -- In the footsteps of Joan -- A kind of apotheosis : Claire goes to Paris -- Claire's story goes public : the Sacred Heart and the Union Sacrée -- Consecration by proxy -- The unraveling -- The unmaking of a saint -- Prologue as epilogue : the story of Jonas. |
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This is the moving and improbable story of Claire Ferchaud, a young French shepherdess who had visions of Jesus and gained national fame as a modern-day Joan of Arc at the height of World War I. Claire experienced her first vision after a childhood trauma in which her mother locked her in a closet to break her stubborn willfulness. She developed her visionary gifts with the aid of spiritual directors and, by the age of twenty, she had come to believe that Jesus wanted France consecrated to the Sacred Heart. Claire believed that if France undertook this devotion, symbolized by adding the image of the Sacred Heart to the French flag, it would enjoy rapid victory in the war. From |
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her modest origins to her spectacular ascent, Claire's life and times are deftly related with literary verve and insight in a book that gives a rare view of the French countryside during the Great War. |
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