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The Hand of St. Bernardine: The Unseen Centuries and Spiritual Ascent of the Eremo delle Carceri

The Hand of St. Bernardine: The Unseen Centuries and Spiritual Ascent of the Eremo delle Carceri

Aquinas, T. M.

Paperback

Series: Pilgrimage to the Sacred: Italy's Holy Shrines, Book 25

General ChristianityArchitecture History

ISBN13: 9798295484117
Publisher: T.M. Aquinas Publishing
Published: Dec 15 2025
Pages: 134
Weight: 0.42
Height: 0.29 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Do you crave the unvarnished faith of the saints, the purity of a life surrendered to God in the silence of the wilderness?

For centuries, nestled high on Mount Subasio, lies a sacred secret: the Eremo delle Carceri. This is not merely a destination, but a primal crucible of prayer carved into the living rock, where Saint Francis wrestled with demons and emerged radiant with the love of Christ. The Hand of St. Bernardine unveils the unseen history of this hermitage-the Benedictine whispers before Francis, the rigorous commitment of the first friars, and the raw, uncompromising spirituality that defined the dawn of the Franciscan Order. Prepare to journey to the literal caves where the radical call to poverty and solitude took root, a call often forgotten in the modern world.

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