This essay, originally published as an appendix to “Don Bosco: Life and Works” by Pietro Stella, examines the application of scientific historical research to religious tradition.
Focusing on the Biographical Memoirs of St. John Bosco, a monumental work in nineteen volumes by Giovanni Battista Lemoyne, the author, Don Pietro Stella, explores one of the most remarkable miracles associated with Don Bosco: the temporary resurrection of a young man named Carlo.
Index
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- The Charles of tradition
- The historical Charles
- The resurrected youth of Don Bosco and similar ones in the tradition of Catholic hagiography
- Conclusion: Lemoyne’s use of sources for the MB account
- Documentary Accounts
- Index
Reference time period: 1849
P. Stella, Don Bosco and the death of Charles, translated by John Drury, Don Bosco publications, New Rochelle, New York 1985.