The Oxford Dictionary of Saints

by Farmer, David Hugh

• ISBN13: 9780198606291
• ISBN10: 019860629X
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-06-26
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This is far more than a dry hagiographical account of the lives of saints.This entertaining dictionary breathes life into its subjects and is as browsableas it is informative. Critically acclaimed in its many editions, this fifthedition is fully updated and revised with over 100 new saints.The entries are concise accounts of the lives, cults, and artistic associationsof over 1,400 saints, from the famous to the obscure, the rich to the poor, andthe academic to the uneducated. From all walks of life and from all periods ofhistory, the wide varieties of personalities and achievements of the canonizedare reflected. Featuring a new maps of pilgrimage sights in Europe and fullyupdated appendices, this remains the standard reference paperback in its field.New saints include the Martyrs of Korea, Vietnam, and the Spanish Civil War,Andrew of Crete, and Emily Rodat, a female hermit of the 7th century.

Author Biography

David Farmer, formerly Reader in History at Reading University, is the author or editor of nine books and is a renowned expert on Saints.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. vii
Abbreviations	p. xxii
Saints	p. 1
Appendices
Principal patronages of saints	p. 559
Principal iconographical emblems of saints	p. 562
Index of places	p. 564
Calendar of the principal feasts	p. 571
Patron saints of countries and towns	p. 577
Maps of pilgrimage sites
Pilgrimage sites in Great Britain and Ireland	p. 580
Pilgrimage sites in Europe	p. 581
Pilgrimage sites in Holy Land	p. 582
Pilgrimage sites in North America	p. 583
Pilgrimage sites in South America	p. 583
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