Arutelu:Mõrsjalinik
Allikas: Vikipeedia
The Bridal Veil — fifth novel of the series — returns to real historical persons and facts. It follows the life of St. Catharine of Siena (1347-80). The daughter of a simple artisan, Catharine started to have mystic visions in her childhood ("Somehow they forgot to close the door to Heaven and I clearly saw them all.") Ristikivi pictures her simple, austere life, sacrificed completely to the sick and the poor. She becomes a nun in the third Order of the Dominicans. Miracles start to happen in the footsteps of "The Bride of Christ". Street ruffians, priests and noblemen — all experience a strange metamorphosis when they meet "La Popolana" (The Daughter of the People) with her message to love all mankind, to be brothers to all men. Almost illiterate herself, she starts dictating letters that she sends to bishops, cardinals, kings and finally the Pope himself. She finally goes to Avignon and convinces Pope Gregory XI to return from the "Babylonian Captivity" to his people in Rome. -- nii kirjutas Jyri Kork Ohpuu 2. veebruar 2007, kell 08:42 (UTC)