More wisdom from Sigrid Undset

 
 
 

By degrees my knowledge of history convinced me that the only sane people, of our civilization at least, seemed to be those queer men and women which the Catholic Church calls the Saints…

—Sigrid Undset

quoted in Fr. Aidan Nichols’ book, Sigrid Undset: Reader of Hearts

 

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ACCLAIMED NOVELIST, COURAGEOUS CATHOLIC

A brilliant Norwegian novelist, Sigrid Undset is best known for her trilogy, Kristin Lavransdatter, set in medieval Norway. Fr. Aiden Nichols, O.P. unpacks the life of Sigrid Undset from a profoundly Christian perspective and highlights her conversion to Catholicism and how her faith helped shape her creative genius.

 
 
 
 
 
 

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