Saint Teresa of Avila
Published by Diogenes as Teresa von Avila
Original Title: Teresa von Avila
»By no means was Teresa what one would call a monastic creature. She was bored as much by the religious books as by the daily recitation of the prayers. Men should be happy down to the heart and cheer up the others, that was her sole wish.«
Biographies, Religion
128 pages
1996

978-3-257-70082-4
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