Adrienne von Speyr - Book of All Saints

THE BOOK OF ALL SAINTS

Adrienne von Speyr

Edited with an introduction by
HANS URS VON BALTHASAR

Translated by D. C. Schindler

IGNATIUS PRESS SAN FRANCISCO

Original German edition:
Das Allerheiligenbuch: Erster Teil
1966 by Johannes Verlag, Einsiedeln

Cover art:
Dance of the Angels and the Just in Paradise (detail)
Fra Angelico (1837-1455)
Museo di S. Marco, Florence, Italy
Erich Lessing / Art Resource, New York

Cover design by Roxanne Mei Lum

2008 by Ignatius Press, San Francisco
All rights reserved
ISBN 978-1-58617-192-6
Library of Congress Control Number 2006936320
Printed in the United States of America

A. The Structure of Adrienne von Speyrs Mission

B. The Eleven Fundamental Themes

C. The Twelve Volumes of the Posthumous Works

Joseph

Barnabas

Titus

Timothy

Apollos

The Shepherd of Hermas (ca. 150)

Gregory the Wonderworker (d. ca. 270)

Constantine, Emperor (288-337)

(Pseudo-) Macarius (ca. 300-390)

Gregory of Nyssa (d. ca. 394)

Ephraem (306?373)

Didymus the Blind (ca. 313-398)

Epiphanius of Salamis (ca. 315-403)

Basil (ca. 330-379)

Jerome (342-420)

Diadochus of Photice (fifth century)

Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite (I) (ca. 500)

Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite (II) (ca. 500)

Bede (672/673-735)

Charlemagne, Emperor (ca. 742-814)

Henry II, Emperor (973-1024)

Cunegund (d. 1033)

Peter Damian (1007-1072)

Gregory VII (1020/1025-1085)

Otto of Bamberg (1060/1062-1139)

Rupert of Deutz (1075/1080-1129/1130)

William of Saint-Thierry (d. ca. 1150)

Norbert (ca. 1082-1134)

Hildegard (1098-1179)

Richard of Saint Victor (d. 1173)

Joachim di Fiore (ca. 1130-1202)

Innocent III (1160/1161-1216)

Francis of Assisi (1181/1182-1226)

Clare (1941-1253)

Elizabeth of Hungary (1207-1231)

Celestine V (1215-1296)

Louis IX of France (1219-1270)

Margaret Colonna (d. 1284)

Lukardis of Oberweimar (1276-1309)

Hadewych (1300, Holland)

Christina of Stommeln (d. 1312)

Tauler (after 1300-1361)

Bridget (1302/1303-1373)

Margaretha Ebner (d. 1351)

Henry of Nordlingen (d. after 1379)

Catherine of Siena (1347-1380)

Vincent Ferrer (ca. 1350-1419)

Gerson (1363-1429)

Fra Angelico (d. 1455)

Jtzi Schulthasin (author of the Schwesternbuch from T, fourteenth century)

Thomas Kempis (1379/1380-1471)

Nicholas of Cusa (1401-1464)

Joan of Arc (ca. 1412-1431)

Catherine of Bologna (1413-1463)

Author of The Cloud of Unknowing (fourteenth century)

Francis of Paola (d. 1507)

Botticelli (1444/1445-1510)

Stephana Quinzani (1457-1530)

John Fisher (ca. 1459-1535)

Osuna (d. ca. 1540)

Las Casas (1474-1566)

Michelangelo (1475-1564)

Lucy of Narni (1476-1544)

Luther, the Monk (1483-1546)

Charles V, Emperor (1500-1558)

Pius V (1504-1572)

Jerome Nadal (1507-1580)

Teresa of Jesus (1515-1582)

Philip Neri (1515-1596)

Tintoretto (1518-1594)

Catherine dei Ricci (1522-1590)

Camoes (1524/1525-1580)

Luis de Leon (1527-1591)

Philip II of Spain (1527-1598)

Baltasar Alvarez, S.J. (1534-1580)

Maria de la Visitacion (Lisbon, b. 1541)

John of the Cross (1542-1591)

Alphonsus Rodriguez, S.J. (1531-1617)

Robert Bellarmine (1542-1621)

El Greco (1548-1614)

Veronica Giuliani (1660-1727)

Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Mary Magdalen dei Pazzi (1566-1607)

Madame Acarie (1566-1618)

Francis de Sales (1567-1622)

Jane Frances de Chantal (1572-1641)

Fidelis of Sigmaringen (1577-1622)

Condren (1588-1641)

Peter Claver (1581-1654)

Marie des Vallees (1590-1656)

Friedrich von Spee (1591-1635)

Louise de Marillac (1591-1660)

Marie de lIncarnation (1599-1672)

Calderon (1600-1681)

Agnes of Jesus, O.P. (1602-1634)

Olier (1608-1657)

Marguerite de Beaune (1619-1648)

Angelus Silesius (1624-1677)

Bossuet (1627-1704)

Racine (1639-1699)

Francis de Girolamo, S.J. (1642-1716)

Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647-1690)

Fenelon (1651-1715)

Madame de Guyon (1648-1717)

Costante Maria Castreca (16701736)

Benedict XIV (1675-1758)

Crescentia of Kaufbeuren (1682-1744)

Alphonsus Liguori (1696-1787)

Mary Frances of Naples (1715-1791)

Josef Haydn (1732-1809)

Benedict Labre (1748-1783)

Goethe (1749-1832)

Clement Hofbauer (1751-1820)

Beethoven (1770-1827)

Roothaan, S.J. (1785-1853)

Manning (1808-1892)

Sren Kierkegaard (1813-1855)

William Faber (1814-1863)

Don Bosco (1815-1888)

Dominica Lazzari (1816-1848)

Conrad of Parzham (1818-1894)

Palma M. Matarrelli (1825-1888)

Theophane Venard (1829-1861)

Pius X (1835-1914)

Jerome Jaegen (1841-1919)

Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889)

Bernadette (1844-1879)

Teresa Higginson (1844-1905)

Lucie Christine (1844-1908)

Mary Baouardy (Mary of Jesus Crucified) (1846-1879)

Leon Bloy (1846-1917)

Louise Lateau (1850-1883)

Marie Julie Jahenny (1850-1941)

Mercier (1851-1926)

Marie de Jesus, O.C.D. (1853-1916)

Irenee Vallee, O.P. (b. 1841)

Rimbaud (1854-1891)

Pius XI (1857-1939)

Columba Marmion (1858-1923)

Pauline Martin (1861-1951)

Elisabeth Leseur (1866-1913)

Peguy (1873-1914)

John XXIII (1881-1963)

Bernanos (1888-1948)

Marie-Antoinette de Geuser (Consummata) (1889-1918)

Josefa Menendez (1890-1923)

Edith Stein (Teresa Benedicta of the Cross) (1891-1942)

Therese von Konnersreuth (1898-1964)

John the Apostle

Paul

Stephen

Polycarp (d. 155 )

Justin (d. 166)

Clement of Alexandria (150-217)

Tertullian (160-220)

Hippolytus of Rome (d. 235)

Cyprian (d. 258)

Pachomius (d. 346)

Antony of Egypt (251-356)

Eusebius of Vercelli (d. 371)

Martin of Tours (316-400)

Simeon Stylites (d. 459)

Leo the Great (d. 461)

Patrick (d. 461)

Maximus the Confessor (580-662)

Boniface (675-754)

Meinrad (d. 861)

Simeon the New Theologian (d. 1022)

Bruno (ca. 1032-1011)

Elizabeth of Schonau (d. 1651)

Hildegard (1098-1791)

Thomas Becket (1171-1701)

Antony of Padua (1951-1231)

Bonaventure (1221-1274)

Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)

Duns Scotus (1215-1308)

Dante (1265-1321)

Christine Ebner (d. 1365)

Ruysbroek (1294-1381)

Julian of Norwich (1342-ca. 1442)

Bernardino of Siena (1380-1444)

Savonarola (1452-1498)

John of God (1495-1550)

Charles Borromeo (1538-1584)

Camillus de Lellis (1550-1614)

Vincent de Paul (1576-1660)

Denis Petau, S.J. (Petavius) (1583-1652)

Joseph of Cupertino (1605-1663)

Rose of Lima (1586-1617)

John Francis Regis (1597-1640)

Grignon de Montfort (1673-1716)

Paul of the Cross (1694-1775)

Mozart (1756-1791)

Pius IX (1792-1878)

Vincent Pallotti (1795-1850)

Newman (1801-1890)

Leo XIII (1810-1903)

Marie Lataste (1822-1847)

Peter

James, Son of Zebedee

John

Andrew

Philip

Bartholomew (Nathanael)

Matthew

Jude Thaddeus

James, Son of Alphaeus

Thomas

Simon the Zealot

Judas Iscariot

Mary Magdalen

Matthias

Paul

Mark

Luke

John Chrysostom (344-407)

Evagrius Ponticus (346-399)

Cyril of Alexandria (d. 444)

Raymund Lull (1235-1315)