France, Catholic Church, Clergy, Priests 

Because of his lack of schooling and inaptitude for academic subjects, the Cure of Ars encountered great difficulty being ordained a priest, yet only seventy years after his death he was named Patron Saint of Parochial Clergy. The devil once revealed to him that were there three such men as himself on earth, his (Satan's) kingdom would be broken. In this definitive work on the life of St. Jean-Marie-Baptiste Vianney, Father Trochu has recorded the many extraordinary facts surrounding the life and vocation of the Cure of Ars. Because they are so remarkable, he has for the most part discarded popular legends and has based his book on the official Process of Beatification and Canonization, rendering thereby an account which is at once marvelous and authentic. The reader will search long and deep in the annals of the Church to find a saint's life so unusual and inspiring as that of the Cure of Ars.

Taken from the back cover.