A Treasury of Saints

by Day, Malcolm

• ISBN13: 9780764154850
• ISBN10: 0764154850
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-09-01
• Publisher: BARRONS EDUCATIONAL SERIES INC

Summary

The lives of 100 Christian saints are chronicled in brief, enlightening biographies, supplemented with summaries of their good works and the miracles attributed to them. Most profiles come with a full-color illustration of the saint, and many illustrations are reproductions of paintings by famous artists. This anthology of saints spans two thousand years of history, from an account of the life of Mary, the mother of Jesus, to the story of Maximilian Kolbe, who, at Auschwitz in 1941, sacrificed his own life to save the life of another prisoner of the Nazis. Other holy figures included in this collection are Francis of Assisi, the patron of animals and nature; Vincent de Paul, the patron of charitable societies; Benedict, the founder of European monasticism; Joan of Arc, who defended France in battle; and Thomas Aquinas, the renowned scholar and philosopher. Also portrayed are several of Christ's apostles, as well as the angels Michael and Raphael. Cross-references in many accounts direct readers to connections with other saints. Both patronage and symbolism are explained as they are traditionally connected with each of the book's historic figures. More than 150 full-color illustrations.

Table of Contents

Introduction	6	(4)
Family and Home
Anne	10	(1)
Joseph	11	(1)
Blessed Virgin Mary	12	(2)
Martha	14	(1)
Monica	15	(1)
Nicolas of Myra	16	(2)
Ambrose	18	(2)
Brigid (Bride)	20	(1)
Elizabeth of Hungary	21	(1)
Antony of Padua	22	(1)
Clare of Assisi	23	(1)
Thomas Aquinas	24	(2)
Jerome Emiliani	26	(1)
Gerald Majella	27	(3)
Animals, Plants, and Nature
Antony of Egypt	30	(2)
Blaise	32	(1)
Patrick	33	(1)
Columba	34	(1)
Gertrude of Nivelles	35	(1)
Cuthbert	36	(1)
Giles	37	(1)
Francis of Assisi	38	(4)
Society
John the Apostle	42	(2)
Valentine	44	(1)
Helan of Constantine	45	(1)
Basil the Great	46	(2)
John Chrysostom	48	(1)
Simeon the Stylite	49	(1)
Benedict	50	(2)
The Venerable Bede	52	(2)
Anselm	54	(1)
Francis of Rome	55	(1)
Thomas More	56	(2)
Ignatius Loyola	58	(2)
Martin de Porres	60	(1)
Vincent de Paul	61	(3)
Mission and Travel
James ``the Greater''	64	(2)
Paul	66	(2)
Thomas the Apostle	68	(1)
Mark the Evangelist	69	(1)
Christopher	70	(1)
Brendan the Navigator	71	(1)
Gregory the Great	72	(2)
Augustine of Canterbury	74	(1)
Colombian	75	(1)
Boniface	76	(1)
Vladimir of Kiev	77	(1)
Bernard of Clairvaux	78	(2)
Dominic	80	(1)
Edmund Campion	81	(1)
Francis Xavier	82	(2)
Joseph of Cupertino	84	(1)
Katherine Drexel	85	(3)
Disaster and Rescue
Michael the Archangel	88	(2)
Mary Magdalene	90	(2)
Agatha	92	(1)
Januarius	93	(1)
George	94	(2)
Leo the Great	96	(1)
Genevieve	97	(1)
Edward the Confessor	98	(1)
Bernard of Aosta	99	(1)
Malachy of Armagh	100	(1)
Fernando of Castile	101	(1)
Catherine of Siena	102	(2)
Joan of Arc	104	(1)
Pope Pius X	105	(3)
Suffering
John the Baptist	108	(1)
Stephen	109	(1)
Peter	110	(2)
Jude	112	(1)
Ignatius of Antioch	113	(1)
Sebastian	114	(1)
Catharine of Alexander	115	(1)
Thomas a Becket	116	(2)
Rita of Cascia	118	(1)
John of God	119	(1)
Teresa of Avila	120	(2)
John of the Cross	122	(1)
Bernadette of Lourdes	123	(1)
Maximilian Kolbe	124	(1)
Padre Pio	125	(3)
Professions and Occupations
Matthew	128	(2)
Andrew	130	(2)
Luke	132	(2)
Joseph of Arimathea	134	(2)
Cecilia	136	(1)
Martin of Tours	137	(1)
Jerome	138	(2)
Augustine of Hippo	140	(2)
David	142	(1)
Isidore the Seville	143	(1)
Dunstan	144	(1)
Isidore the Farm Laborer	145	(1)
Albert the Great	146	(2)
Francis of Sales	148	(2)
Louse the Marillac	150	(1)
John Baptist de La Selle	151	(1)
John Bosco	152	(2)
Teresa of Lisieux	154	(2)
Calendar of Saints	156	(2)
Indexes	158