Mrs. Mattingly''s Miracle - The Prince, the Widow, and the Cure That Shocked Washington City

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Summary

In 1824 in the young capital city of Washington, DC, Ann Mattingly, widowed sister of the city's mayor, was miraculously cured of cancer. The Mattingly miracle purportedly came through the intervention of a German cleric, Prince Alexander Hohenlohe. This book brings to light an early episode in the battle between faith and reason in the US.

Product details

• Authors: Nancy Lusignan Schultz, Nancylusignan Schultz, Schultz Nancy Lusignan
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.03.2014
• EAN: 9780300205893
• ISBN: 978-0-300-20589-3
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church