Introduction -- St. Matthew, extortionist -- St. Dismas, thief -- St. Callixtus, embezzler -- St. Hippolytus, antipope -- St. Christopher, servant of the devil -- St. Pelagia, promiscuous actress -- St. Genesius, scoffer -- St. Moses the Ethiopian, cutthroat and gant leader -- St. Fabiola, bigamist -- St. Augustine, heretic and playboy -- St. Alipius, obsessed with blood sports -- St. Patrick, worshipper of false gods -- St. Mary of Egypt, seductress -- St. Columba, warmonger -- St. Olga, mass murderer -- St. Vladimir, fraticide, rapist, and practitioner of human sacrifice -- St. Olaf, Viking -- St. Thomas Becket, hedonist -- St. Francis of Assisi, wastrel -- Blessed Giles of Portugal, satanist -- St. Margaret of Cortona, rich man's mistress -- Blessed Angela of Foligno, gossip and hedonist -- St. Ignatius of Loyola, egotist -- St. John of God, gambler and drunkard -- St. Camillus de Lellis, cardsharp and con man -- St. Philip Howard, cynic and negligent husband -- St. Peter Claver, dithering novice -- Venerable Matt Talbot, chronic alcoholic -- Bibliography.
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