CHEERFUL ASCETIC The Life of Francis Xavier Seelos, C.SS.R.(Redemptorist) by Michael J. Curley, C.SS.R., published by The Redemptorist Fathers, New Orleans Vice Province, New Orleans, copyright 1969 by the publishers; this is the original 1^st Edition, with full Catholic Imprimatur in the same year, made in USA.

9 ¼ by 6 3/8” in medium blue linen weave cloth over board hard cover, gilded title on the spine, 436 pages including general index in the back of the book.

Father Seelos (1819-1867) was a German-American Redemptorist priest and missionary, assistant to Bishop John Neumann in his lifetime. He worked with the German Immigrant population in the USA, and was beatified in 2000 by Pope John Paul II.

Condition of the book graded Generally FINE, but note a bit of moisture spotting on front cover and spine face, see photo #1.; The interior text is like new- very fresh, clean and unmarked, a collectible book in Religious Biography.

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