Joys That Only Saints Can Know

November 10th, 2025 | 9 min read

Volker Leppin. Francis of Assisi: The Life of a Restless Saint. Yale University Press, 2025. $30.00. 296 pp.

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Justin R. Hawkins is a postdoctoral researcher in bioethics at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. He received his PhD with distinction from Yale University in 2024.

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Joys That Only Saints Can Know

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