Saint Margaret of Cortona Jesus Christ Also available: The Great Century

Also available: The Great Century of Souls

(Genesis 4:8)

leaves its trace

they then cover the interplay of science and philosophy (Descartes

to establish the Church as an integral part of the national life

Saint Margaret of Cortona Jesus Christ Also available: The Great CenturyBy Franois Mauriac Where sin abounded, grace did more abound. A mistress at the age of seventeen, a mystic at her death, Saint Margaret of Cortona exemplifies these words of Saint Paul. Born in 1247 to a farming family in the village of Laviano, Margaret was just seven years old when her mother died, leaving her headstrong and restless daughter without the steadying influence her character and temperament needed. At seventeen, Margaret took a lover