Bernard of Corleone, the Saint Who Gave Up the Sword
Saint Bernard of Corleone (1605 – 1667) could be the patron saint of the Mafia, and not just because he hails from the same region as the fictional crime family of Mario Puzo’s 1969 novel, and Francis Coppola’s subsequent film series. What I mean by that is that, like the Mafioso, Bernard – whose original[…]