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Historical The Life and Death of Saint Malachy the Irishman by Bernard of Clairvaux $12.95 / Cistercian Publ. / 1978 St. Malachy, a 12th-century Irish monk, might have drifted into obscurity if he had not left behind a set of prophecies suggesting that the Second Coming would occur during the early decades of this century. Although often dismissed as a forgery, the prophecies identify all the popes from 1143 onward, suggesting that there will be only two more after the current pope. So, not surprisingly, both the prophecies and their author have drawn considerable attention in recent years. This rather specialized volume has assumed added importance because of the "end-time" speculation accompanying the change of the millennium. Nevertheless, St. Bernard's biography of Malachy is an interesting look at a medieval religious figure seen through the eyes of his contemporaries. It contains the usual medieval fare, such as wordy descriptions of miracles and other incidents that are probably more legend than fact, but it also contains a core of solid history by one of the leading monastics of the Middle Ages. —C. Bruce Hunter

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