In the Book Episode 18: "The Book Without a Name: Vincenzo d

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In the Book Episode 18: "The Book Without a Name: Vincenzo di Francesca (1888-1966) with Tommaso Cardullo"

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Podcast

Publication Date

May 30, 2024

Abstract

Vincenzo di Francesca (1888-1966) was on his way to a pastor’s house one cold, winter morning of 1910 in New York City when he saw a book lying on a barrel of ashes, its leaves blowing in the wind. When he picked it up, he saw there was no frontispiece, and the book was unnamed. Flipping through it, he saw the names Mosiah, Lamanite, Isaiah, and others, and wondered what it could be. Vincenzo lived by the teachings of this book for twenty years in the face of ridicule, not knowing where it had come from, and spent another twenty trying to join the Church, experiencing what seemed like insurmountable obstacles to do so. Vincenzo first read the Book of Mormon in 1910 in New York City, and was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on January 18, 1951 at Imerese, Italy. Vincenzo's words were recorded by Tommaso Cardullo.

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