Introduction. Choosing the "beautiful ones" -- The standing of Mary : Opus Formosior -- A saint for all seasons : taking liberties with John the Baptist -- Recovering Mary Magdalene and the dignity of woman : Apostola Apostolorum -- Manliness and saintliness : the cases of Mark, Sebastian, and Rocco -- The pearls of Saint Lawrence : what Ruskin sees when he looks at a picture -- Imagining Augustine imagining, or, A theologian's toothache -- Sodoma's Saint Benedict : out in the cloister -- Further considerations of the holy stigmata of Saint Francis : where was Brother Leo? -- The saint who lost her head, or, Who's afraid of Catherine of Siena? -- Saints fair and fearsome : Louis of Toulouse and Bernardino da Siena -- Epilogue : pace e bene.
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