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I have read several of Jon Sweeney's books, always with pleasure. He is a conscientious researcher, and a fine storyteller, with a wonderful gift for creating a sense of place and time. This time he tells the story of Celestine V, a hermit who was elected pope, then abdicated five months later. In The Pope Who Quit , Sweeney gives us a vivid snapshot of a tumultuous period in the history of the Catholic Church and Western Europe. --Thomas J. Craughwell, author of Saints Preserved: An Encyclopedia of Relics

Jon M. Sweeney s loving portrait of Celestine V is that rare work of history that also feeds the soul. Anyone interested in the collision of hope, despair, and faith will come away nourished. John L. Allen Jr., author of A People of Hope

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JON M. SWEENEY is an author, a book publisher, and a popular speaker. He is the editor of The Road to Assisi: The Essential Biography of St. Francis and the author of many books, including Verily, Verily: The KJV--400 Years of Influence and Beauty. He lives in Vermont with his wife and three children.

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