[Herman W. O.] HEADS OF THE SOUL 1878 - 1903 The seraph virgin of Lucca GEMMA GALGANI [1904].

By W. O. Herman of St. Stanislaus Z. P. clergy her guide, Warsaw, M. SZCZEPKOWSKI Publishing House, p. 254, dimensions 12.5 x 19, period bookbinding, soiling of binding, rubbing on edges.
Maria Gemma Umberta Galgani - Catholic saint, virgin, Italian mystic, stigmatist, who undertook the great work of co-suffering with Christ. Her entire life, up to the surrender of her spirit to God at the age of 25, was a living participation in the Passion of Jesus. On this path she was accompanied by extraordinary experiences: angels and saints appeared to her, demons plagued her, including physically. She experienced physically the sufferings of the Passion and great spiritual darkness, passing through the terrible night of earthly purgatory.