“Nothing was so necessary for raising our hope as to show us how deeply God loved us. And what could afford us a stronger proof of this than that the Son of God should become a partner with us of human nature?”
In fourth-century North Africa, peasant girl Leona falls in love with a Roman aristocrat – the future Saint Augustine. Their story unfolds against the backdrop of Rome’s fall and Christianity’s rise. Drawn from Augustine’s autobiography, The Saint’s Mistress breathes life into the previously untold story of his beloved mistress.
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