Lives of the Fathers of the Desert

1867. The novelist, Countess Hahn-Hahn, was converted to the Catholic Church at a late age. Following her conversion she lived a devout and solitary life in a convent at Mayence and wrote a series of books on the History of the Church. Contents: Christianity in Freedom; Christian Worship; Feasts and Fasts; The Bosphorus and the Ni The Anchorites; The Desert; Paul of Thebes; St. Antony; St. Hilarion; Paul the Simp Ammon, Abbot of Nitria; St. Pachomius, Abbot of Tabenna; Serapion the Sindonite; St. Arsenius; The Blessed Moses; Brother Valens, Brother Ero and Brother Ptolemy; St. Ephrem the Syrian; St. Macrina; The Blessed Marana and the Blessed Cyra; St. Thais; St. Pelagia; St. Simeon Stylites; St. Nilus; St. John Climacus; The Daughters of the Grac St. Marcella; The Blessed Fabiola; The Blessed Paula; and The Two Melanias.Hahn-Hahn, Countess is the author of 'Lives of the Fathers of the Desert ', published 2004 under ISBN 9781432625788 and ISBN 1432625780.