St. Charles Borromeo

Cardinal and Archbishop of Milan. A leading figure of the Counter-Reformation, known for his personal austerity and devotion to Sacred Scripture.

Works

• Practice of Charles Borromeo

Preface and Praise of Sacred Scripture

• Section One — Read Sacred Scripture with bare head and bended knee, as if they were oracles of God

  "This is what St. Charles Borromeo was thinking when he used to read Sacred Scripture, as if they were the oracles of God, only with bare head, and bended knee, reverently reading."

• Saintly Examples of Scripture Study — Used to say a Bishop had no need of a garden; his garden was the Holy Bible

  "St. Charles Borromeo dwelt continually in Sacred Scripture as if in a paradise of delights, and used to say that a Bishop had no need of a garden, but that his garden was the Holy Bible."