LEADER 02775nam 22004813 450 001 9910157575403321 005 20250730080352.0 010 $a9781787201163 010 $a1787201163 035 $a(CKB)3710000001001771 035 $a(BIP)058039556 035 $a(VLeBooks)9781787201163 035 $a(Perlego)3023091 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC32203293 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL32203293 035 $a(OCoLC)1530382583 035 $a(Exl-AI)993710000001001771 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001001771 100 $a20250730d2016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aCitadel of God $eA Novel of Saint Benedict 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aBielefeld :$cPickle Partners Publishing,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016. 215 $a1 online resource (322 p.) 330 8 $aThe streets of Rome are crowded as Theoderich, the "barbarian" Gothic king, makes his triumphal entry into the conquered city. Suddenly a boy rushes into the street and attempts to stab the king with his stylus. Kicked aside by the king's guard, he is rescued and carried to safety by a young man. The boy is Peter, adopted son of the noble Roman philosopher, Boethius. His rescuer is Benedictus, a student, who becomes Peter's tutor, and tries to curb the boy's reckless determination to succeed at all costs.So begins this vivid story which follows Benedictus through a disillusioning experience with a beautiful woman of Rome, his years as a hermit and his work in establishing religious communities that were truly citadels of God in the decadence of sixth-century Rome.Peter, meanwhile, has dedicated himself to overthrowing the Goths--partly to further his own ambition and partly to win the beautiful Rusticiana, who has promised to marry him if he succeeds. Sweeping from Rome to Ravenna, Byzantium and Monte Cassino, the story reaches its climax in a dramatic fulfillment of Benedictus's long-ago promise to Peter: "We shall meet again when you need me."Here, as in all his novels about great saints of the Church, Louis de Wohl weaves an intricate colorful tapestry of violence, love and piety to tell with historical accuracy the story of St. Benedict and the tempestuous era in which he lived. 606 $aChristian saints$vBiography$7Generated by AI 606 $aMonasticism and religious orders$xHistory$7Generated by AI 615 0$aChristian saints 615 0$aMonasticism and religious orders$xHistory 676 $a270.1 700 $ade Wohl$b Louis$0619566 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910157575403321 996 $aCitadel of God$93588181 997 $aUNINA