The life of the Venerable Father Claver, S.J., Apostle of the West Indies : and memoirs of the religious life of Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J.
Publisher: Thomas Richardson and Son
Published: 1849
Place of publication: London, England
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS.; title: LIFE OF FATHER CLAVER.; title: BOOK I.; title: Birth and parentage. — Studies and progress. — Admitted to the Society. — His fervour in the noviciate. — Maxims of perfection. — Makes his first vows. — Sent to Majorca. — Friendship with Brother Alph. Rodriguez. — His instructions. — Prophecy, &c. — Goes to Barcelona. — Asks to be sent to the Indies. — Embarks at Seville. — Voyage. — Arrival. — Third year of noviciate. — Is ordained page 1; title: BOOK II.; title: Account of the negroes. — The Jesuits at Carthagena. — Abridgment of the Life of Father de Sandoval. — Procures interpreters. — His method with the negroes. — His labours and zeal. — His last vows. — His conduct during Lent. — Miracles. — Heroic charity 38; title: BOOK III.; title: His labours in the hospitals. — Made minister of the college, — What he does for others. — Is appointed master of the novice lay-brothers. — Prediction to a young Jesuit. — Resigns the office of novice-master. — Takes charge of the leper's hospital. — His charity there. — Conversions. — Of an English prelate. — Insults he receives. — His patience and meekness. — His care of the prisons and criminals. 98; title: BOOK IV.; title: He purchases interpreters.- Singular incident. — His missions. — His austerities during them. — Success and miracles. — Reforms libertines. — Reconciliations. — Gift of miracles and prophecy. — Raises a dead man. — Expels the devil. — Penetrates the secrets of hearts. 144; title: BOOK V.; title: His virtues. — Love of God. — Prayer. — Favours he received. —Devotion to the Passion. — The Blessed Sacrament. — Mass. — Our Blessed Lady. — His love for his neighbour. — For the poor souls. — Zeal. — Mortification. — Austerities. — Patience. — His persecutions. — Meekness. — His religious virtues. — His angelical purity. — Poverty. — Obedience — His regularity. — Humility. — His maxim on humility. — Opinion of his sanctity. — Testimony of his superiors. 195; title: BOOK VI.; title: He succours the pestiferous. — Is attacked himself. — Recovers. — His infirmities — Occupations. — His farewell to the lepers. — Incident. — A prediction. — Neglect of him. — Life of Brother Alphonso. — Miraculous preservation of light in his room. — Arrival of his successor. — Visits of distinguished persons. — Foretells his death. — Attacked by fever. — Receives Extreme Unction. — Respect for his sanctity. — His death. — Revelation of his glory. — Funeral obsequies. — His portrait. — Juridical informations. — Miracles. — Miraculous conversion of a Mahomedan 253; title: MEMOIRS OF FATHER ODESCALCHI.; title: I, Cardinal Odescalchi enters the Society  303; title: II. His exemplary life in the noviciate  315; title: III. His religious profession 325; title: IV. He is employed with great success in giving the spiritual exercises within and without the house 334; title: V. He is named spiritual father to those scholastics who are passing through their rhetoric  346; title: VI. Beginning of the complaint which led to his death 350; title: VII. He receives the last Sacraments, his death, and funeral obsequies    362; title: VIII. Esteem and veneration in which he was held 375; title: IX. His humility and self-contempt   384; title: X. His mortification 393; title: XI. The perfection with which he observed his religious vows 398; title: XII. His love of God 409; title: XIII. His devotion to our Blessed Lady   417