Early Modern · c. 1655–1665; published 1670
The Mystical City of God
María de Ágreda · 1602–1665
What it is
A life of the Virgin Mary received in visions, running to thousands of pages and filling in every silence of the gospels with detail.
Why it lasted
Immensely popular, repeatedly investigated by the Inquisition, and its author also famous for reported bilocation to preach in New Mexico.
Where to read it
This work is in the public domain and can be read in full, free, at the archives below. The Library catalogues it; it does not host the text.
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