Holy Men and Women of the Order of Malta : The Canonized and Beatified from the Twelfth to the Twenty-First Century.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wolff, Richard.

Contributor:

Hollas, Eric.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Saints--Biography.

Saints.

Knights of Malta--Biography.

Knights of Malta.

Knights of Malta--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (129 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Holy Men and Women of the Order of Malta

Place of Publication:

Ashland : TAN Books, 2021.

Summary:

With a storied history of being fierce defenders against the Church's enemies, the members of the Order of Malta are professed "monk-warriors." They act as the noble, chivalrous, and battle-scarred knights while also the servant of the poor and sick. For hundreds of years, the Church has been indebted to them for their military prowess. But the Order of Malta was, and is, much more than what legend and history celebrate. From its twelfth-century foundation, it has been a religious order. At its core are the three evangelical vows that lay religious men and women (for much of the order's history) have taken. This book brings to the fore the religious nature of the order, so long overshadowed by its glorious military tradition and, more recently, its global charitable activities. It focuses not on the monk-warrior but on the twenty-plus members of the order who have been canonized and beatified for their extraordinary lives of love, prayer, and dedication. The book offers the reader a series of brief biographies on some of the most diverse groups of saints to come from one religious order, from peasants to popes and everything in between. In applying historical analysis to the lives of these holy men and women, the author demonstrates that one need not hide behind hagiographic generalities or far-fetched stories to find examples of true virtue in the lives of these Hospitallers.

Contents:

Intro

Halftitle Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

Foreword

Preface

Introduction

Part I: Medieval Saints

1. Blessed Gerard, Founder

2. St. Ubaldesca of Calcinaia

3. St. Ugo Canefri

4. St. Nicasius of Palermo

5. Blessed Gerard Mecatti of Villamagna

6. Blessed Gerland of Germany

7. Blessed Peter Pattarini of Imola

8. St. Toscana of Verona

9. St. Fleur de Beaulieu

10. St. Nuno Alvarez Pereira

Part 2: Early Modern Saints

11. The English Martyrs

Part 3: Saints of the Modern Era

12. Blessed Charles of Austria

13. Blessed Clemens August von Galen

14. Blessed Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster

15. Blessed Vilmos Apor de Altorja

16. Pope St. John XXIII

17. Pope St. Paul VI

18. Servant of God Andrew Bertie

Conclusion

Appendix 1: Feast Days of the Saints and Blessed of the Order

Appendix 2: Litany of the Saints and Blessed of the Order

References.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-5051-2126-4

OCLC:

1273978083