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Benedict of Bavaria
An Intimate Portrait of the Pope and His Homeland

Title: Benedict of Bavaria
Author: Brennan Pursell
Publisher: Circle Press
Release Date: March, 2008
Retail Price: $24.95
Cover: Hard Cover with Dust Jacket
# of Pages: 240 (Includes Color Photo Insert)
Dimensions: 6 x 9
ISBN #: 1-933271-17-5
Website: www.circlepress.org

Benedict of Bavaria (Circle Press, 2008) is the first book to examine how the culture of the pope’s homeland, Bavaria, influenced his life, character, and thought. Author Brennan Pursell, Ph.D., who is fluent in German and has visited Bavaria frequently over the last twelve years, collected memories and anecdotes of people who knew Joseph Ratzinger, as well as examined a host of German articles and books about the pope’s early life that have never been translated into English. He visited the towns where the Ratzinger family lived, the schools Joseph Ratzinger attended, and even the churches, shrines, and abbeys where he prayed. The result is an in-depth, revealing study of a vital yet often-overlooked facet of Pope Benedict XVI’s personality.