Monthly Archives: December 2021

31 December – Saint Columba of Sens

Modern Hagiography Roman Martyrology Lives of the Saints by Alban Butler. Lives of the Saints by Francis Weninger. Lives of the Saints by Sabine Baring-Gould. Medieval Hagiography BHL, Supplement Art & Architecture Vatican Colonnade Warburg Institute Iconographic Database Medieval Religion Listserv – 2012 Dillon. Post Biblical Saints Art Index The Saints in Art by JosephContinue reading “31 December – Saint Columba of Sens”

31 December – Saint Melania the Younger

Modern Hagiography Roman Martyrology Sanctorale Catholicum Lives of the Saints by Francis Weninger. Lives of the Saints by Sabine Baring-Gould. A longer form biography, The Life of Saint Melania.  Contemporary Hagiography An account of her was written during her lifetime by Palladius in his Lausiac History. (html – pdf) Her life was written by Gerontius,Continue reading “31 December – Saint Melania the Younger”

31 December – Saint Sylvester

Modern Hagiography Roman Martyrology Sanctorale Catholicum Lives of the Saints by Alban Butler. Lives of the Saints by Francis Weninger. Lives of the Saints by Sabine Baring-Gould. The Liturgical Year by Dom Guéranger Character Calendar  Pictorial Lives of the Saints  La vie des saints  Our Birthday Bouquet Culled from the Shrines of the Saints andContinue reading “31 December – Saint Sylvester”

30 December – Saint Sabinus

Modern Hagiography Roman Martyrology Lives of the Saints by Alban Butler. Lives of the Saints by Sabine Baring-Gould. Victories of the Martyrs by Saint Alphonsus Liguori.  Character Calendar  Pictorial Lives of the Saints  Our Birthday Bouquet Culled from the Shrines of the Saints and the Gardens of the Poets by Eleanor C. Donnelly. Pictorial HalfContinue reading “30 December – Saint Sabinus”

29 December – Saint David

Modern Hagiography Roman Martyrology Sanctorale Catholicum Biblical Texts Samuel’s Anointing of Saul David and Goliath Medieval Hagiography The Golden Legend Art David Anointed by Samuel in the 3rd century Dura Synagogue. The David Plates at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (resource for educators – David Anointed by Samuel – David’s Confrontation with Eliab – PresentationContinue reading “29 December – Saint David”

29 December – Saint Trophimus of Arles

Modern Hagiography Roman Martyrology Sanctorale Catholicum Lives of the Saints by Sabine Baring-Gould. “Saint Trophimus and Arles” in The Coming Of The Saints: Imaginations And Studies In Early Church History And Tradition by John W. Taylor. Art & Architecture Romanesque church dedicated to Saint Trophimus in Arles Google Arts & Culture The Saints in ArtContinue reading “29 December – Saint Trophimus of Arles”

29 December – Saint Thomas of Canterbury

Modern Hagiography Roman Martyrology Sanctorale Catholicum Lives of the Saints by Alban Butler. Lives of the Saints by Francis Weninger. Lives of the Saints by Sabine Baring-Gould. The Liturgical Year by Dom Guéranger. An Alphabet of Saints by Robert Hugh Benson, Reginald Balfour, and Charles Ritchie. Character Calendar  Pictorial Lives of the Saints  La vieContinue reading “29 December – Saint Thomas of Canterbury”