Saint Margaret of Cortona

by François Mauriac

Book Overview

Margaret of Cortona was an Italian penitent of the Third Order of St. Francis. She was born in Laviano, near Perugia, and died in Cortona. She was canonized in 1728. She is the patron saint of the falsely accused; hoboes; homeless; insane; orphaned; mentally ill; midwives; penitents; single mothers; reformed prostitutes; third children; tramps. Saint Margaret of Cortona aroused Mauriac's interest because very little is known about her in France and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806530359
• ISBN13: 9780806530352
• Release Date: January 1961
• Publisher: Philosophical Library
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"