CONTENTS. ST. VINCENT FERRER. 1357—1419. Chapter I. Preparation. St. Vincent's family Signs Water and the Holy Ghost The boy preacher Character of Vincent's piety Vocation Choice The young friar A humble prophet Chapter II. The Apostle of the Judgment. Vincent's portrait 13 The meaning of Apostle of the Judgment 14 Vincent a Queen's confessor 15 Artifices of the Devil 16 Vincent comforted by our Lady 18 Temptations from without 19 Election of Urban VI. 20 Desertion of eleven Cardinals 21 Worldly wisdom 22 Vincent at the Court of Avignon 23 The call 24 What the Vision brought 26 Offer of the Sacred Purple 27 Nature of the battle-field 28 Chapter III. Preaching with authority. Vincent a representative saint His reception 4 How men listened to him His method His day His bands The disciplinists Vincent a plain speaker Love the man, hate his errors The Jewess at Ezija The signs of the Apostle The Miracle Bell Vincent's deputy Resignation to dumbness Vincent a prophet The young man at Toulouse Francina Borgia Dominion over devils Virtue of sign of the Cross Forgiveness Vincent's humility of heart Chapter IV. The Angel of the Apocalypse. Vincent's itinerary 51 Unfurls his banner in Catalonia 52 The Vallis-puta 53 Its regeneration Scarcity of labourers 55 Vincent and Benedict XIII. at Geneva 56 The Saint in England 57 Fear of the Alphaquins 58 Pusillanimous search after 59 A baby's miracle 60 Vincent on adulteration 61 Valencia and Toulouse 62 A witness from the dead 64 Chapter V. The Harvest. End of Vincent's ministry 65 Negotiations 66 Vincent delivers Aragon 67 Schism starved out 68 His last teaching 69 Vannes his last resting-place 70 Vincent's death-bed 71 How the Antipope was dethroned 7a II. ST. BERNARDINE OF SIENA. Chapter VI. A Prophet with the Mantle of Elias. Vincent's legacy to Bernardine 75 Holy women in his life 76 His early years 77 His love of Holy Scripture 78 His devotion to our Lady 79 Visits to the Camelian Gate 80 Sancta Maria de Scala 81 Evils of the plague 82 Bernardine at twenty 83 His dream 84 A delay of the right sort 85 His novitiate 86 A miracle to make the preacher 87 Bernardine's arms 88 Bernardine in streets of Siena 89 Speaking victory 90 Chapter VII. The Apostle of Italy. The reign of minuteness 91 Basis of social progress in Italy 93 The Condottieri 93 Different views of the Plague 95 Bernardine's mode of preaching 96 The Italian world 97 The warmth of the Holy Spirit 98 Bernardine is tempted with money 99 Solicitude for temporal suffering 100 His itinerary 101 Decay of preaching 102 A worldly-wise ferryman 103 Opportuneness of a saint's devotion 104 Bernardine and the factions 106 The use of humorous preaching 107 Old idolatry revived 108 The Guelphs and Ghibellines 109 Sense of wickedness is lost 112 Idolatry of the fifteenth century 113 A rival Catholic Church 116 Persistency of gamblers 117 Lucrative piety 118 Mothers of daughters 119 Evils of vanity iao Tails 121 Tails not conducive to charity 122 System of deceit 124 An illustration 125 Shame in the right place 126 Chapter VIII. To suffer ignominy for the Name of Jesus. Rest in labour 127 Difference between a divine and a self-imposed mission 128 Manfred of Vercelli 129 History of a significant devotion 130 The Saint and the Fanatic 131 Fortitude 132 An opportune friend 133 Rome confirms the new devotion 134 What Jesus brings to those He loves 135 St Bernard and St. Bernardine 136 Chapter IX. Life in Death. Key to a holy life 137 Meeting a temptation 138 The preacher in his monastery 139 Bishop of all Italian cities 140 Increase of the Observance 141 Bernardine's monitor 142 Faithful unto the end 143 His sandals cure a leper 144 Farewells 145 Dying in armour 146 Bernardine reaches Aquila 147 'Father, I have manifested Thy Name to men 148 His last prayer is heard 149 A lover of Italy 150 ST. JOHN CAPISTRAN. 1385-1456. Chapter X. The winter is over and gone 167 The Kingdom of Heaven doing John's vocation is determined 168 violence. Old ties lose their relish 169 Vocations 153 Chapter XI. John's characteristic His battle-field 155 The Royal Way of the Holy Cross. The House of Anjou 156 How the Franciscins receive John's sovereign 158 Pursuits of his youth 159 A fiery test 171 Death of Ladislaus 160 John receives the habit 172 The governor of Perugia 161 His obedience 173 Goodness in prosperity 162 His profession 174 God disposes. 163 Thirty-six years 0 labours 175 Imprisonment 164 His mode of life 176 An unwelcome visitor 165 His local labours 177 The knife of sacrifice 166 Spirit of the times 178 Italian factions 179 The black dog of hatred 180 Three shepherds in Apulia 181 The Fraticelli 182 John has enemies 183 Luther's ancestors 184 Honour and hatred 185 His 'little dogs' 186 Extraordinary missions 187 The Holy See and the Jews 188 Influence over Jews 189 ving justice and hating iniquity 190 Chapter XII. Looking through the Microscope. The focus of the saints 191 The spiritual microscope 192 War against luxury 193 Power over the elements 194 Crime made visible 195 He cures sickness 196 He raises the dead 197 A funeral of the living 199 Prophetical power of St. John 200 Friar Justin 201 legends the pictures of tradition Chapter XIII. The Turk in 1455 Interests of his latter years 203 Willing to some purpose 204 Brother Thomas of Florence 205 Canonization of St. Bernardine 206 The three P's 207 His legacy to the Observance 208 Character of the Greeks 209 Sympathies of the Greeks 210 European selfishness 211 How Europe was occupied 212 Hungary's policy 213 Various negotiators 214 Accession of Callistus III. 215 The Pope and the Friar 216 John's letter to Callistus 217 His call to Hungary 218 The ' sword and the heart 219 The Christian camp 220 The eve of the battle 221 War-cry of the Christians 222 The end of labours 223 The crown 224 Belgrade and Lepanto 225 Chapter XIV. Actions not Words. Apostles and wonder-workers 226 Our Lord's Ministry reproduced 227 Vincent Ferrer's work 228 The voice of deeds 229 Remedy of corruption 230 The tears of contrition 231 God glorifies His servants 232 The trials of the Church 233 True reformers 234 Digitized by Google., Includes bibliographical references