Lebenslauf des heiligen Wonnebald Pück: Eine Erzählung

by Ricarda Huch

"Lebenslauf des heiligen Wonnebald Pück" by Ricarda Huch is a satirical tale published in 1905. Bishop Wonnebald Pück leads a life of excess, indulgence, and questionable morality in his medieval diocese. When he steals jewels from a sacred crown and frames an innocent woman, his crimes threaten to unravel. But through cunning manipulation and a fabricated miracle, this corrupt churchman transforms scandal into sainthood, exposing the absurdities of blind faith and institutional power in this sharp religious satire.