Rebel Bishop: Augustin Verot, Florida's Civil War Prelate (Florida Sand Dollar Books) [Paperback]

MICHAEL GANNON (Author)

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An acclaimed biography of the paradoxical Catholic Confederate.

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• Paperback: 277 pages
• Publisher: University Press of Florida (March 23, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0813015227
• ISBN-13: 978-0813015224
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #440,913 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent biography, August 21, 2002

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Schmerguls "schmerguls" (Sioux City, Ia USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rebel Bishop: Augustin Verot, Florida's Civil War Prelate (Florida Sand Dollar Books) (Paperback)

This is a well-put-together biography of Augustin Verot, third Bishop of Savannah, Ga., and first Bishop of St. Augustine, Fla. The book shows Verot was a character, as the author says in the best sense of the word. One does not get the idea that he was episcopal timber from reading about his career as a teacher in Maryland, but from Apr 25, 1858, (when Archbishop Kenrick consecrated him as Vicar Apostolic of Florida) on, one cannot but be impressed with the self-sacrificing and devoted way he performed his arduous tasks. Putting up with what he did must have been what enabled him to play such a tough and outspoken role at the first Vatican Council, where, inter alia, he called for the rehabilitation of Galileo--which was finally accomplished during this pontificate. His discourses at the Council, which seem to have been quite numerous and frank, cannot have been very persuasive but contained a lot of common sense. One wonders how he could fail to be cowed by the scene, being, as he was, a very minor bishop from a poor diocese. It was during the Council that he was appointed Bishop of St. Augustine. This is great work on a great bishop.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Model Biography of a Colorful Bishop, July 7, 2009

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Kevin M. Derby (Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rebel Bishop: Augustin Verot, Florida's Civil War Prelate (Florida Sand Dollar Books) (Paperback)

Michael Gannon, the dean of Florida historians, produced yet another excellent work in "Rebel Bishop," a biography of Bishop Augustin Verot. Readers looking to know more about the histories of the Catholic Church, the South and Florida will enjoy this biography of an interesting man. Gannon traces Verot through France, Maryland, Georgia, Florida and even Vatican I in Rome. Digging through primary sources in a number of different languages, Gannon is able to show the many sides of Verot: educator, theologian, political commenter, defender of slavery, church administrator, recruiter of priests and nuns, and circuit rider. Verot had a very strong personality and Gannon shows how this lively man shaped a number of different parts of the world. While this is one of the best biographies on an American religious leader I have come across, I was surprised by how global the work was and how Gannon is just as good on clerical matters in Rome as he is in covering local matters in St. Augustine. Gannon may be one of the best Florida historians but, as this book shows, his ability and interests are not just confined to the Sunshine State.