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A Treatise on Perfection, Cardinal Richeliu
$25.00
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Pope Urban VIII and Pope Alexander VII: Selected Poetry
$16.00
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May they help rediscovery of Latin as part of a living tradition—vehicle of history, culture, and faith—especially through its use in the liturgy.”\u003cbr\u003e —Pius Mary Noonan, OSB, Notre Dame Priory, Tasmania\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eContributors\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePope Urban VIII (Author)\u003cbr\u003ePope Alexander VII (Author)\u003cbr\u003eFr. 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Kinder, University of Western Australia\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e “Maffeo Barberini (1568–1644) and Fabio Chigi (1599–1667), Popes Urban VIII and Alexander VII respectively, embracing everything from a humorous poem on the gift of a cat to devout meditations on the Lord’s Passion, then let translator Dom Robert, a true master of English prosody of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, be your very able impresario.”\u003cbr\u003e —Anna Silvas, University of New England, Australia\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e “Walking in the footsteps of his Benedictine forebears, Dom Robert Nixon has rendered an immense service to classical education. These exceptional translations of two great popes both convey the meditative aura of the originals and incite to return to them. 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The Paradise of the Sout, forty two Virtues to Reach Heaven
$30.00
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A Tale of Death and Glory
$25.00
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Four Egyptian Martyrs
$14.99
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Miracles and Marvels of the Birds and Beasts
$15.00
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The Seven Principal Angels
$10.00
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The Secret Pharmacopeia of Pope John XXI
$8.00
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The Papal Prophecies
$25.00
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Hospital of the Poor
$20.00
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The Magical Amulets of the Ancient Sages and Bibliotheca Necromantica
$16.00
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The Magical Amulets of the Ancient Sages and Bibliotheca Necromantica
$25.00
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