Over the past twenty years Angela of Foligno has risen from relative obscurity, at least in the English-speaking world, to a prominent rank among the most significant representatives of the Franciscan and Christian mystical tradition. Her scorching yet feminine narration of a dramatic love affair with the passionate 'suffering God-man' strikes a chord in contemporary readers. The intensity of her account, flowing across every page like molten lava, has no match in Christian mystical literature.
