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Francesco : il primo italiano
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After a masterful account of the Roman Empire and the Old Testament, on the 800th anniversary of his death, Aldo Cazzullo takes us on a deeper exploration of the most extraordinary man of the second millennium AD, capable of inspiring and illuminating even the times of crisis we are living in: Francis of Assisi. "One man like this is born every thousand years. Two thousand years ago, we had Jesus. In the previous millennium, we had Buddha. In the next millennium, we had Saint Francis. We will see what awaits us now, in this millennium that has just begun. Which, if we do not listen to Saint Francis, could be humanity's last." Thus begins Aldo Cazzullo's new book: "Francis. The Most Italian of Saints." After the extraordinary success of his book on the Bible, the author tackles another religious theme, placing it in contemporary context. Francis is the most Italian of saints--a phrase attributed to Il Duce, but actually Gioberti's--because he is fundamental to building the Italian identity. Because he wrote the first, splendid poem in Italian: the Canticle of the Creatures. Because he traveled across Italy, from the great cities to the countryside, and invented the nativity scene. And because he expressed the best--love for one's neighbor, respect for all creatures, courtesy, good humor--of the Italian soul. Cazzullo recounts the extraordinary life of Francis, his youth filled with chivalric ideals, his break with his father, his renunciation, his meeting with the Pope, and finally the great mystery: the stigmata. Was it a miracle that made him the new Jesus? Or a way invented by the Church to relegate him to heaven and distance him from the earth?"
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