The Pope Who Quit: A True Medieval Tale of Mystery, Death, and Salvation by Jon M. Sweeney

The Pope Who Quit: A True Medieval Tale of Mystery, Death, and Salvation

Jon M. Sweeney

288 pages first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction biography history religion challenging informative slow-paced
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The riveting story of Pope St. Celestine V, the pope who retired from the papacy. At the close of the tumultuous Middle Ages, there lived a man who seemed destined from birth to save the world. His name was Peter Morrone, a hermit, a founder of a ...

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