Frances Alice Forbes

Frances Alice Monica Forbes

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Mother Frances Alice Monica Forbes, RSCJ, a member of the Society of the Sacred Heart from Scotland and a religious author. She was born in 1869 into a Presbyterian family. Her mother died when she was a child. In 1900 she became a Roman Catholic. Only a few months later, she entered the Society of the Sacred Heart, as a 31-year-old postulant. She wrote numerous books, including brief biographies of Ignatius Loyola, John Bosco, Teresa of Ávila, Saint Columba, Saint Monica, Saint Athanasius, Catherine of Siena, Saint Benedict, Hugh of Lincoln, Vincent de Paul, and, most famously, Pope Pius X.

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The life of Saint Monica
Representative edition published 2020
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The Life of Saint Columbia Apostle of Scotland
Representative edition published 2020
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The life of Saint Columba, Apostle of Scotland
Representative edition published 2016
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St. Athanasius
Representative edition published 2016
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A Short Life Of Pope Pius The Tenth
Representative edition published 2007
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Saint John Bosco
Representative edition published 2001
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The life of Saint Paul
Representative edition published 1999
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St. Teresa of Avila
Representative edition published 1999
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St. Catherine of Siena
Representative edition published 1999
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The life of St. Ignatius Loyola
Representative edition published 1998
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Pope Saint Pius the Tenth
Representative edition published 1987
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Leaders of a forlorn hope
Representative edition published 1922
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Saint Benedict
Representative edition published 1921
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Life of Pius X
Representative edition published 1919
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Life of Pius X
Representative edition published 1918
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The life of Saint Teresa
Representative edition published 1917
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A lily of the snow, scenes from the life of St. Eulalia of Merida
Representative edition published 1916
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A Scottish knight-errant
Representative edition published 1900
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Mother F. A. Forbes
Representative edition published 1946
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Rafael, Cardinal Merry del Val
Representative edition published 1932
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