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First edition (publ. Mondadori)
Cover art: Giotto di Bondone, detail from The Miracle of the Spring, 1297-99 [1]

The Story of a Humble Christian ( Italian: L'avventura d'un povero cristiano, 1968) is a historical play by the Italian writer Ignazio Silone, translated into English by William Weaver in 1970. [2] It tells the story of Pope Celestine V. [3]

Notes

  1. ^ Legend of St Francis: 14. Miracle of the Spring by GIOTTO di Bondone, in the Upper Church of St. Francis in Assisi. Retrieved 2019-06-26.
  2. ^ "Redeeming the Age in Which We Live: Ignazio Silone’s The Story of a Humble Christian," Religions, vol. 10, issue 9, 494 (22 August 2019)
  3. ^ Robin Healey (1998). Twentieth-century Italian Literature in English Translation: An Annotated Bibliography 1929-1997. University of Toronto Press. p. 214. ISBN  978-0-8020-0800-8.