Michael W. Homer

Michael W. Homer is an attorney in Salt Lake City, Utah. He is also on the Executive Committee and Board of Trustees of The Utah Opera Company. The author wishes to thank the following libraries for their assistance in locating copies of the works cited in this paper: the Newberry Library, Widener Library at Harvard University, Biblioteca Querini Stampalia in Venice, Biblioteca Comunale in Milano, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale Firenze, Mudd Library and Beinecke Library (both at Yale University), Firestone Library at Princeton University, Regenstein Library at the University of Chicago, the Library of Congress. the British Library, Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University, Marriott Library at the University of Utah, and the Historical Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Appreciation is also expressed to Sisters Nona McGreal and Made Laurence Kortendick of the Mazzuchelli Guild in Sinsinawa, Wisconsin; Massimo Introvigne and Jean-Francois Mayer of CESNUR (Center for Studies on New Religions); Gino Fletzer, Judge, Court of Cassation, Rome, Italy; Andrew F. Rolle, Huntington Library, San Marino, California; and Roberto Mongia, Rosasco, Italy, for information relating to the subject matter of this paper.