Story of a Humble Christian

First edition (publ. Mondadori)
Cover art: Giotto di Bondone, detail from *The Miracle of the Spring*, 1297-99^[1]

The Story of a Humble Christian (Italian: L'avventura d'un povero cristiano, 1968) is a historical play by the Italian writer Ignazio Silone, translated into English by William Weaver in 1970.^[2] It tells the story of Pope Celestine V.^[3]

Notes

^ Legend of St Francis: 14. Miracle of the Spring by GIOTTO di Bondone, in the Upper Church of St. Francis in Assisi. Retrieved 2019-06-26.
^ "Redeeming the Age in Which We Live: Ignazio Silone’s The Story of a Humble Christian," Religions, vol. 10, issue 9, 494 (22 August 2019)
^ Robin Healey (1998). Twentieth-century Italian Literature in English Translation: An Annotated Bibliography 1929-1997. University of Toronto Press. p. 214. ISBN 978-0-8020-0800-8.

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[1] Legend of St Francis: 14. Miracle of the Spring by GIOTTO di Bondone, in the Upper Church of St. Francis in Assisi. Retrieved 2019-06-26.

[2] "Redeeming the Age in Which We Live: Ignazio Silone’s The Story of a Humble Christian," Religions, vol. 10, issue 9, 494 (22 August 2019)

[Healey1998-3] Robin Healey (1998). Twentieth-century Italian Literature in English Translation: An Annotated Bibliography 1929-1997. University of Toronto Press. p. 214. ISBN 978-0-8020-0800-8.

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