Charles de FOUCAULD
"Votre très respectueusement et affectueusement dévoué dans le coeur de Jésus"Autograph letter signed from his hermitage in Hoggar
(Hoggar) 17 matin (1909)|10.20 x 15.80 cm|un feuillet remplié
| Foucauld and the temptation of the desert |
Foucauld's Sahara Epistle
Precious handwritten letter signed by Saint Charles de Foucauld, 4 pages in purple ink on a folded sheet. At the top of the first page is a handwritten version of his famous motto "Jésus Caritas", accompanied by a drawing of the Sacred Heart of Jesus surmounted by a cross, which he wore on his habit. He repeats this sketch accompanied by the word “Jesus” at the head of each subsequent page of the letter.
Published in Georges Gorrée, Les amitiés sahariennes du Père de Foucauld, 1946, vol. 2, p. 183.
This long and a
Foucauld's Sahara Epistle
Precious handwritten letter signed by Saint Charles de Foucauld, 4 pages in purple ink on a folded sheet. At the top of the first page is a handwritten version of his famous motto "Jésus Caritas", accompanied by a drawing of the Sacred Heart of Jesus surmounted by a cross, which he wore on his habit. He repeats this sketch accompanied by the word “Jesus” at the head of each subsequent page of the letter.
Published in Georges Gorrée, Les amitiés sahariennes du Père de Foucauld, 1946, vol. 2, p. 183.
This long and a
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