One of the most well-known and relied-upon reference works of all time has been updated and revised! The twelve volumes of the revised Butler's Lives of the Saints correspond to the months of the year; each volume contains entries on saints with feast days in that month.
The political consequence of this wedding was the consolidation of Otto's Italian power. Otto and Adelaide had five children, but problems arose when a son by his first wife became jealous of his stepmother. This young man attempted to ...
Offers a month-by-month guide to the saints canonized or beatified from late 1999 to the end of 2003, with an overview of each saint's life and accomplishments.
Now, in this new edition of the original classic, Michael Walsh has culled the ruch resources of earlier editions to accentuate the more modern and best-documented saints.
... saint of Italian cavalry , and a patron of Venice , Genoa , Portugal , Catalonia , and Istanbul . He also has the honoured title of " prophet " in Islamic hagiography . Great offence was caused in England ... Saint for the Day 23. St George.
Provides a brief profile of each saint and discusses how he or she is depicted in art
Butler's Lives of the Saints: April, May, June
The judge's secretary, admiring the steadfastness of the Saint, and seeing an angel robed in white, who trampled out the fire and again set free the youthful martyr, proclaimed his faith in Christ, was baptized with his whole family, ...
spent four months working with the Missionaries of Charity, Mother Teresa's religious order, in Kingston, Jamaica. During our first year as novices, we were asked to go on a “third world experiment.” (“Experiment” is Jesuit lingo for ...
The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints
This is the Benziger Brothers edition of Alban Butler's Lives of the Saints. Butler (1711-1773), was an English Roman Catholic priest. This, his principal literary work, was published between 1756 and 1759.