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The Church Fathers · 593–594
The Dialogues
Gregory the Great · c. 540–604
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What it is
Four books of miracle stories about Italian holy men, the second devoted entirely to Benedict, and the fourth to the fate of souls after death.
Why it lasted
The only source for Benedict's life, and the book that fixed purgatory and intercession for the dead in the Western imagination.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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