Saint Francis of Assisi
Published by Diogenes as Franz von Assisi
Original Title: Franz von Assisi
This small paperback booklet gives a three-dimensional depiction of a great mystic without degenerating into maudlin hagiography. Why was it this particular man from Assisi who became the greatest saint that Christianity has ever seen? What is it about him that is so fascinating and spellbinding?
Biographies, Religion
160 pages
1997

978-3-257-70124-1
Walter
Nigg

Walter Nigg (1903–1988) born in Lucerne, was appointed professor of ecclesiastical history in Zurich while working as a protestant priest at the same time. Alongside saints, religious founders, prophets and mystics, his books cover artists and poets and not least heretics, whom he understood as ›unsuccessful saints‹.

Photo: Archiv Diogenes Verlag