Il Santo (novel)

Il Santo
AuthorAntonio Fogazzaro
LanguageItalian
GenreFiction
Publication date
1905
Publication placeItaly
Media typePrint

Il Santo is an Italian novel written by Antonio Fogazzaro and published by Baldini & Castoldi in 1905 in Milan. The novel is the third and last of a trilogy in which Piccolo Mondo Antico is the first and Piccolo Mondo Moderno is the second.[1] Despite the fact that Fogazzaro was a devout and loyal Catholic, Il Santo was listed on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum.[2] The Vatican's prohibition of this novel helped Fogazzaro achieve a worldwide reputation.[3]

  1. ^ Crawford, Virginia M. (April 1906). "A Saint in Literature". The Fortnightly Review. 85: 660–667.
  2. ^ Wheeler, Edward Jewitt; Funk, Isaac Kaufman; Woods, William Seaver (2 June 1906). "The Religious World. "The Saint" and the "Index"". The Literary Digest. 32 (22): 837–838.
  3. ^ "Obituary: Antonio Fogazzaro". The Athenæum (4350): 276–277. 11 March 1911.