Pierre le Gouvello de Keriolet - Converted by the Devil
This highly extraordinary story takes place in Brittany, France. After more than thirty years of perversity and crime, this evil man was thunderstruck by grace when the devil, through the mouth of a possessed person, publicly revealed all his sins. From that day on, waging formidable combats, he persevered in a holy and penitent life, becoming a priest, the benefactor and servant of the poor, and the friend of many great Saints of his time.
(1602-1660) This highly extraordinary story takes place in Brittany, France. After more than thirty years of perversity and crime, this evil man was thunderstruck by grace when the devil, through the mouth of a possessed person, publicly revealed all his sins. From that day on, waging formidable combats, he persevered in a holy and penitent life, becoming a priest, the benefactor and servant of the poor, and the friend of many great Saints of his time. 112 pages, illustrations.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction .....Page 7Dissolute and criminal youth .....9Keriolet becomes a magistrate .....19Pursuits of the Good Shepherd .....23Possession of the Ursulines of Loudun .....29Pierre de Keriolet's conversion .....37Extraordinary penances - Extraordinary virtues .....51The priest .....55The servant of the poor .....63The pilgrim .....71Spiritual influence .....81SUPPLEMENT:
The Sanctuary of St. Anne d'Auray .....99Pierre de Keriolet and St. Anne d'Auray .....109Specific References
- isbn
- 978-2-7623-0341-4