Long before St.Ignatius was laid up by a cannonball between the legs, he was wasting his time reading trashy novels.  In a world without “Lost” “Glee” “24″ or Housewives from anywhere, Ignatius, like the character Don Quixote, was reading the wildly popular novel Amadis of Gaul.

Exploits! Sword fights! Married ladies to pine after! The adventures of the fictional knight had it all.

Now you can experience the sensational writing that Ignatius gave up!  Finally, a way to see what serious saints were up to before their conversions. Perhaps next month we will feature a virtual tour of St. Augustine’s favorite Manichean brewpub in old time Carthage.

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