Sieghardus The Captain Who Stood at the Cross - Book By William Schmidt - Translation from the German by Beverly Jung Sing Synopsis: A daunting story of courage and faith, Sieghardus tells the gripping story of a revered Roman centurion of pagan birth who is transformed by witnessing the Crucifixion; a man of privilege and position who renounces everything for the Way of the Cross. It is also the story of the earliest days of Christianity and of the first followers of Jesus - Jews­ - who would not have identified themselves as Christians. Thanks to the power of the way Sieghardus is told it seems the reader is there from the beginning, witnessing the barbaric treatment of the earliest Christians and left to contemplate whether his or her own faith would surmount the trials Sieghardus and others like him endured. Sieghardus guarantees readers a fresh if not humbling perspective with each turn of the page, and an exciting if not challenging story about the cost of discipleship.