Augustine's Confessions and the Autobiographies of Peter Canisius, SJ.

Peter Canisius, one of the most dynamic Jesuits of the second half of the sixteenth century, explicitly identified Augustine's Confessions as his exemplar when composing his Testament, an autobiographical work, at the end of his life. This article explores the ways in which the Confessions might hav...

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Published in:	Church History & Religious Culture Vol. 87; no. 4; pp. 453 - 476
Main Author:	Pabel, Hilmar M.
Format:	Article
Published:	Brill Academic Publishers Oct2007
Subjects:	Canisius, Petrus, Saint, 1521-1597 Jesuits Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo, 354-430 Catholic Church Autobiography
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost