title: A Pilgrim's History of the Rosary
author: Greg Firnstahl
description: Greg holds a master in Theology from the University of Steubenville in Ohio. Please contact Greg at gregfirnstahl@yahoo.com.
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  ITS HISTORY AND MEANING 
  by FRANZ MICHEL WILLAM 
  Translated by Rev. Edwin Kaiser, C.PP.S 
  Benziger Brothers, Inc. New York ■ Boston • Cincinnati 
  Chicago • San Francisco 
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  JOHN M. A. FEARNS, S.T.D. 
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  Imprimatur: 
  4-FRANCIS CARDINAL SPELLMAN 
  Archbishop of New York 
  New York, Nov. 17, 1952 
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  THE ROSARY: ITS HISTORY AND MEANING. Copyright 1953, by 
  Benziger Brothers, Inc. Printed in the United States of America. All rights 
  reserved—no part of this book may be reproduced in any form without per¬ 
  mission of the publisher. A translation of “Geschichte und Gebetsschule des 
  Rosenkranzes,” originally published by Verlag Herder, Vienna, 1948- 
  FOREWORD 
  Part one of th