The Holy Man on the Mountain: Padre Pio and the Americans who Discovered Him - Softcover

Rega, Frank

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1593302290 ISBN 13: 9781593302290

Publisher: Aventine Pr, 1727

Synopsis

"The Holy Man on the Mountain: Padre Pio and the Americans who Discovered Him." Read the true story of thousands of rugged American GIs who beat a path to an isolated hilltop friary in Italy during W.W. II. There they would meet Padre Pio, the twentieth century mystic and "flying monk" who lived there. They were among the first to bring back to America the astounding story of St. Pio, the "second St. Francis", who now has a world-wide following in the millions. A comprehensive biography of the saint is interwoven with the intriguing story of the Americans who sought out the "Holy Man on the Mountain," and made him known in this country. The author presents much previously unpublished material, gleaned from interviews with American GIs and others who met and knew Padre Pio. Other information from Italian sources, translated by the author, is available for the first time in English. Recently canonized, Padre Pio was the first Catholic priest to receive the stigmata, the wounds of Christ, which he carried for fifty years. By the time of his death in 1968 in Italy, he was world famous, and stories of his wonders and miracles are countless. St. Pio’s spiritual gifts included bilocation, reading souls and hearts, apparitions, battles with Satan, communication with angels and with souls in Purgatory, miracles and cures. During W.W.II, American soldiers crammed his mountain-top friary to see, hear and be near a living saint. Allied airplanes were unable to bomb his town because he appeared to the pilots in the clouds as a "flying monk" to stop them. Although a cloistered friar, he built one of the greatest hospitals in Europe, largely with American financial help.

The book contains the complete story of the "Flying Monk" miracle. Also includes chapters on people close to Padre Pio and/or who made him known in this country, such as American heiress Mary Pyle, Fr. Joseph Pius, Joe Peluso, Joe Peterson, William Carrigan, Mario Bruschi, Charles Mandina, Vera Calandra, and many others.

About this title

From the Author

The second edition of this book is now being published by TAN Books and Publishers, and it has a new name, "Padre Pio and America." Look for it at amazon.com under its new name, or go to the tanbooks.com website.Thanks to everyone for making "The Holy Man on the Mountain" such a success that the expanded second edition with a larger publisher has been made possible.

Review

"...important addition to the constantly expanding body of literature about St. Pio...concise, and very readable... enlightening and edifying" -- Rev. C. Bernard Ruffin, author of

Edition details

• Publisher: Aventine Pr
• Publication date: 1727
• ISBN 10: 1593302290
• ISBN 13: 9781593302290
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 376