Lions and Souls: The Story of St. Mary of Egypt

By John Loranger

Siren and saint, hedonist and penitent, Mary of Egypt was a woman of extremes. A runaway at the age of twelve, she ventured to Alexandria to begin a life of reckless promiscuity. But a pilgrimage to Jerusalem brought about an inward change that drew the adult Mary into wilderness and solitude. From the monasteries of fifth-century Palestine to medieval Europe, the fame of this Desert Mother gradually spread--by both the written and the spoken word, and through visual art. Lions and Souls is a work of fiction based on ancient accounts of Mary's life. Retold for twenty-first-century readers, an enigmatic figure from a remote past is revealed to be surprisingly familiar and relevant.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1503589404
• ISBN13: 9781503589407
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Xlibris
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"