Peter Martyr was one of the central Dominican saints of the thirteenth century, in some cases eclipsing Dominic himself. Born in Verona around 1206 to those with Cathar sympathies, he became a convert
Aiming for an expanded and more nuanced understanding of religious orders that exist by means of alms or begging, this collection offers a close look at the origins and foundations of mendicancy, the
Certain Sainthood draws on the insights of a new generation of scholarship that integrates both lived religion and intellectual history into the study of theology and canon law.
