The Strolling Saint is a historical novel by the English writer Rafael Sabatini, written in 1913. The novel belongs to the Italian series of novels by R. Sabatini. The main character is raised by his widowed mother for the purpose of serving God. She wants his future to be different from the life of his father, who was a warrior and died on the battlefield. However, the young man, having grown up, does not at all show an inclination towards the life of a monk and renunciation of the worldly.