Saint Cajetan (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

Excerpt from Saint Cajetan

Lovers of our complicated life may be surprised at the frankness of this return to Nature. But in the Italy of that time, ideas had something of primitive simplicity.

The Signora da Tiene was a Botticelli. Sprung from the Porto1 family, she had married Gaspare da Tiene, whilom captain in the Imperial service, who had returned home to lead a patriarchal life.

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Excerpt from Saint Cajetan

One day in the month of October 1480, a great- lady of Vicenza, named Maria da Tiene, was about to become a mother. In the midst of cruel anguish, she had herself carried from her own splendid chamber to the meanest room in her palace. And there, soon afterwards, her son was born.

Lovers of our complicated life may be surprised at the frankness of this return to Nature. But in the Italy of that time, ideas had something of primitive simplicity.

The Signora da Tiene was a Botticelli. Sprung from the Porto family, she had married Gaspare da Tiene, whilom captain in the Imperial service, who had returned home to lead a patriarchal life.

In a city of some literary and intellectual pretensions, the Tiene family held almost the first rank by their wealth and their illustrious name.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.