Piero Maironi, a man of wealth and a troubled past, has withdrawn from the world to live as a lay brother, and around him gathers a reputation for holiness. As he begins to preach against superstition, clerical politics and empty piety, crowds follow him, miracles are claimed, and both the Church and the woman he once loved press him from opposite sides.
A key novel of Catholic Modernism, condemned by the Index and read across Europe; this edition carries William Roscoe Thayer’s introduction. Download the free EPUB.