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Writings
on
the
Life
translated
with
an
Introduction
by
Patricia
McNutty
With
the
publication
of
this
volume
the
first
translation
of
the
works
of
St.
Peter
Damian
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a
modem
languagethe
greathiatus
in
themystical
tradition
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Gregory
the
Great
aad
St.
Ber-nard
of
Clairvaux
Is
closed.
One
of
the
most
dynamic
figures
of
the
eleventh
cen-
tury,
Damian
was
noted
for
a
life
of
holy
simplicity
in
the
midst
of
high
responsi-
bility
in
church
affairs.
His
profoundlydevout
and
wide-ranging
writings
stand
as
a
testimony
to
ta
spirituality
of
his
age,
a
crucial
one
IE
the
thought
and
life
of
the
church,
;
This
Italian
Cardinal
was
not
only
an
ecclesiastical
statesman
but
a
leader
of
the
reform
movement
in
the
monasteries
and
in
Uu
papacy.
He
was
a
compas-
sionate
and
mderstanding
spiritual
ad-
viser
to
laymei'u-mticipating
later
writers
in
hisbelief
thu
'til
men,
notonly
achosen
few,
could
bid
should
aspire
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