Father Virgil Cepari Life of Saint Aloysius Gonzaga

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Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Alengthened sojourn in Italy has given special facilities to Father Frederick Schroeder to prepare the elaborate edition of Father Cepari's well known biography, which is now introduced to the English speaking public. With the thoroughness, which is the characteristic of German research, he has pushed his enquiries into entirely original sources; and has obtained access to authorities which had never been opened either to the Bollandists, or to any later writer of the life of S. Aloysius.<br><br>Little has therefore been left for the editor of the English version, save to superintend the translations, the work in great part of kind friends, to re-write a chapter on the miracles of the Saint, in place of that of Father Cepari, to make a few slight additions to the notes and to add the letters of S. Aloysius, not published by Cepari or Schroeder.<br><br>The translation, owing to circumstances beyond control, has been done under pressure of time. But every effort has been made to secure accuracy and fidelity, even perhaps at the cost of style.