by Arthur J. Lenti, SDB
Subjects:
- Introduction
- Part I: Chronicles and Memoirs
- I-Carlo Maria Viglietti: His Chronicles and Memoirs
- (1)Viglietti, Don Bosco’s Secretary
- (2)Viglietti’s Chronicles and Memoirs
- [i] Original Chronicle
- [ii] Transcribed and Edited Chronicle 1884-1888
- [iii] Short Autobiographical Memoir
- [iv] Diary
- [v] Additional Chronicle 1884-85
- [vi] Scrapbook-Style Collection 1886-1896
- [vii] Partial Calligraphic Chronicle 1884-1885
- II-Pietro Giuseppe Enria and His Memoirs
- (1)Enria, Don Bosco’s Sick-Room Attendant
- (2)Enria’s Memoir
- III-Antonio Sala and His Memoir
- (1)A Word about the Man
- (2)Sala’s Memoir
- IV-Francesco Cerruti and His Memoir
- V-Father Michael Rua’s Reports
- VI-Dr. Giovanni Albertotti and His Biography of Don Bosco
- Part II: Don Bosco’s Bouts with Illness and the Years of His Decline
- I-Antecedent Medical History
- II-The Crises of 1884
- (1)February 1884
- (2)Journey to France and Dr. P.-M Combal’s Diagnosis
- (3)September 1884
- III-The Period of Quasi-Retirement and Decline (1885-1887)
- (1)The Trip to Southern France in Early 1885
- (2)Summer and Autumn of 1885
- (3)Don Bosco’s trip to Spain (Barcelona) in Early 1886
- [i] Passing through Southern France
- [ii] Barcelona
- (4)Back in Turin in the Latter Half of 1886
- (5)Don Bosco in Early 1887
- (6)The Last Journey—to Rome
- (7)Summer and Autumn of 1887
- (8)Foreboding of the End: December 1-20, 1887
- Part III: Don Bosco’s Last Illness and Saintly Death
- Introductory Comment of the Nature of Don Bosco’s Last Illness
- I-The First Crisis: December 20-31, 1887
- II-Period of Illusory Recovery: January 1-20, 1888
- III-The Final Crisis and Don Bosco’s Saintly Death: January 21-31, 1888
- (1)Sudden and Inexorable Relapse: January 21-28, 1888
- (2)Hope No More: January 29, 1888
- Conclusion