St. Benedict (Paperback)

Mary F. Windeatt

ISBN 10: 0895554275 / ISBN 13: 9780895554277

Published by Tan Books & Publishers Inc., Rockford, IL, 1942

About this Item

Paperback. The famous life and great miracles of St. Benedict, for youth. The story of poisoned wine, saving a body from drowning, raising one from the dead, plus, how he founded the Benedictine Order, his sister, St. Scholastica, etc. Impr. 158 pgs 19 Illus, PB The famous life and great miracles of St. Benedict, for all children 10 and up. The story of poisoned wine, saving a body from drowning, raising one from the dead, plus, how he founded the Benedictine Order, his sister, St. Scholastica, etc. Fascinating and easy to read, yet edifying for children and adults alike! Impr. 158 pgs 19 Illus, PB. Backorder this great book today! Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: St. Benedict (Paperback)
• Publisher: Tan Books & Publishers Inc., Rockford, IL
• Publication Date: 1942
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0895554275
• ISBN 13: 9780895554277
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Walpole O.S.P., Donald
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

The famous life and great miracles of St. Benedict, for youth. The story of poisoned wine, saving a body from drowning, raising one from the dead, plus, how he founded the Benedictine Order, his sister, St. Scholastica, etc. Impr. 158 pgs 19 Illus, PB

About the Author

Mary Fabyan Windeatt lived from 1910-1979 and grew up in Saskatchewan, Canada. The Mount Saint Vincent College awarded her a Licentiate of Music degree when she was just seventeen, and she began writing Catholic works when she was about twenty-four. Later she sent one of her stories to a Catholic magazine, and after it was accepted, she continued to write. In total she composed at least twenty-one children???s books, as well as periodical children???s pages written for The Torch, a monthly Dominican magazine.
Mary Windeatt is most renowned for her many novels of the saints, which she wrote specifically for children, including lives on the Children of Fatima, Cure of Ars, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Rose of Lima and many others. After living with her mother in St. Meinrad, Indiana, she died on the twentieth of November, 1979.