The Life of St. Benedict

"Here medievalist Butcher revives the craft of hagiography, but with a twist. Her affection for her subject is as appealing as it is unfailing, but this gentle retelling of Benedict's life, it is Butcher's familiarity with late Roman literature and culture that roots the saint and his miracles in a well-defined time and place which readers can enter and share." Phyllis Tickle, Author, The Divine Hours Series