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Setting aside all reserve, he would make public confession in the pulpit, thus emulating the penitent Magdalene, his favor.
This penitential disposition underlay his preaching.
The deep remorse that took possession of him on the day of his conversion never left him and remained the dominant attitude of his mind.
John of Capistran was many things, a Franciscan, a theologian, a crusader, but ultimately a Reformer of the Church, a friend of saints and a man zealous for the salvation of souls.
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