Maria Maddalena De' Pazzi: Selected Revelations
Gilroy, Ann L., Anglican Theological Review
Maria Maddalena de' Pazzi: Selected Revelations. Edited by Armando Maggi. The Classics of Western Spirituality Series. New York: Paulist Press, 2000. ix + 368 pp. $39.95 (paper).
Once again Paulist Press has made available an extraordinary primary text in the series, The Classics of Western Spirituality. The Selected Revelations of Maria Maddalena de' Pazzi represents a unique form of women's mystical writing from the seventeenth century. As the editor Armando Maggi points out, these texts are not from the pen of Renaissance mystic Maria Maddalena herself, but are transcriptions by the nuns of Maddalena's community of her orality during episodes of mystical union. As such they …
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Publication information:
Article title: Maria Maddalena De' Pazzi: Selected Revelations.
Contributors: Gilroy, Ann L. - Author.
Journal title: Anglican Theological Review.
Volume: 83.
Issue: 2
Publication date: Spring 2001.
Page number: 327+.
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