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The Kongolese Saint Anthony

Dona Beatriz Kimpa Vita and the Antonian Movement, 1684–1706

by John K. Thornton

A biography of the young Kongo noblewoman who claimed to be possessed by Saint Anthony and led a religious movement to restore the kingdom before being burned in 1706. Thornton uses it to illuminate Kongo Christianity and its dialogue with indigenous religion.

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