The Book of Saints

by Castleden, Rodney

• ISBN13: 9781905204250
• ISBN10: 1905204256
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-09-30
• Publisher: Smith-Davies Pub

Summary

From founding fathers of the Church to popular modern saints, paupers to kings, the lifelong pious to reformed sinners, The Book of Saints offers inspiring stories of devotion, sacrifice and compassion, as well as providing a fascinating historical and cultural reference.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 4
January
Hilary	p. 6
Anthony (the Great) of Egypt	p. 8
Wulfstan	p. 10
Sebastian	p. 12
Agnes	p. 14
Vincent	p. 16
Paul	p. 18
Polycarp	p. 20
Thomas Aquinas	p. 22
February
Bridget (Bride)	p. 24
Blaise	p. 26
Valentine	p. 28
March
David of Wales	p. 30
Chad	p. 32
Joseph of Arimathea	p. 34
Patrick	p. 36
Edward, King and Martyr	p. 38
Cuthbert	p. 40
Benedict	p. 42
April
Richard of Chichester	p. 44
Bernadette of Lourdes	p. 46
Alphege	p. 48
Anselm	p. 50
George	p. 52
Mark	p. 54
May
James the Less	p. 56
Brendan the Navigator	p. 58
Dunstan	p. 60
Augustine of Canterbury	p. 62
Philip Neri	p. 64
Venerable Bede	p. 66
Joan of Arc	p. 68
June
Boniface (Winfrith)	p. 70
Columba of Iona	p. 72
Barnabas	p. 74
Alban	p. 76
Thomas More	p. 78
John Fisher	p. 80
John the Baptist	p. 82
Peter	p. 84
July
Swithun	p. 86
Margaret of Antioch	p. 88
Mary Magdalene	p. 90
Christopher	p. 92
James the Great	p. 94
Anne	p. 96
Samson of Dol	p. 98
Germanus	p. 100
Ignatius Loyola	p. 102
August
Oswald	p. 104
Dominic	p. 106
Laurence	p. 108
Clare	p. 110
Mary the Virgin	p. 112
Helena	p. 114
Bernard of Clairvaux	p. 116
Louis	p. 118
Augustine of Hippo	p. 120
Aidan	p. 122
September
Giles	p. 124
Gregory the Great	p. 126
Cyprian	p. 128
Hildegard of Bingen	p. 130
Eustace	p. 132
Matthew	p. 134
Jerome	p. 136
October
Remigius	p. 138
Francis of Assisi	p. 140
Denis	p. 142
Wilfrid	p. 144
Edward the Confessor	p. 146
Etheldreda	p. 148
Luke	p. 150
Frideswide	p. 152
Crispin and Crispinian	p. 154
Edmund Arrowsmith	p. 156
Edmund Campion	p. 158
Margaret Clitherow	p. 160
November
Carlo (Charles) Borromeo	p. 162
Leo the Great	p. 164
Martin	p. 166
Edmund Rich	p. 168
Hilda	p. 170
Hugh of Avalon	p. 172
Elizabeth of Hungary	p. 174
Edmund, King and Martyr	p. 176
Cecilia	p. 178
Clement	p. 180
Catherine of Alexandria	p. 182
Andrew	p. 184
December
Berin	p. 186
Francis Xavier	p. 188
Nicholas	p. 190
Ambrose	p. 192
Lucy	p. 194
Thomas the Apostle	p. 196
Stephen	p. 198
John the Divine	p. 200
Thomas of Canterbury	p. 202
Sylvester	p. 204
Index	p. 206
Acknowledgements	p. 208
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