St. Josaphat, a monk of the Order of St. Basil and afterwards Archbishop of Polotsk, labored for the reunion of the schismatic Greek Church with the Church of Rome. He was murdered by the schismatics in 1623.
I finished reading this evening a delightful historical novel about St. Thomas Aquinas. It is by a man named Louis de Wohl, who has written an impressive number of historical novels about various saints and episodes in the history of the Church. Lisa has already finished The Last Crusader (about Don John of Austria and the battle of Lepanto), The Quiet Light (about St. Thomas Aquinas), The Citadel of God (about St. Benedict), The Glorious Folly (about St. Paul), and is now working on Lay Siege to Heaven (about St. Catherine of Siena).
Speaking of books, I also finished a few weeks ago Characters of the Inquisition by William Thomas Walsh, which succeeds quite admirably in refuting "the many lies about the Inquisition raised by the enemies of the Church." It's rather a shame that Torquemada hasn't been canonized.
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