Saint Peter Canisius

2690 Saint Peter Canisius, by James Brodrick, S.J. (read 30 Dec 1994) This is a 1935 biography. The subject was born May 8, 1521 at Nymegen, Holland, and died Dec 21, 1597, and was canonized May 21, 1925. He was an extraordinary man, and I wonder if I may not owe my Faith to him. When he began work Protestantism was advancing triumphantly through Germany, Austria, and Poland. It it had not been for Jesuits would there be any Catholics in Germany? This book is awfully long (843 pages) and quotes letters at inordinate length. But it was worth reading, and though no miracle worker--is that why it was 267 years before he was beatified, and 328 years before he was canonized?--the debt the world owes him exists today, and always will.