1 December – Saint Eligius

Annus Dierum Sanctorum
Oportet Episcopum esse – non Superbum, non iracumdum, non turpis lucri cupidum.
A bishop must be not proud, not subject to anger, not greedy of filthy lucre.
Titus 1.7
Exauditae sunt preces tuae.
Your prayers have been heard.

Modern Hagiography

Bibliotheca Sanctorum

Martyrologium Romanum

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 Character Calendar

Pictorial Lives of the Saints

La vie des saints

La vie des saints

Light from the Lowly volume II by Francis Butina.

Our Birthday Bouquet Culled from the Shrines of the Saints and the Gardens of the Poets by Eleanor C. Donnelly.

Pictorial Half Hours with the Saints by Auguste François Lecanu.

Miniature Lives Of The Saints For Every Day In The Year by Henry Sebastian Bowden.

Tradition in Action

Medieval Hagiography

BHL, Supplement

The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity Database

Life of Saint Eligius written by Bishop Dado of Rouen.

The Golden Legend

Writings of Saint Eligius

Documenta Omnia Catholica

Art & Architecture

Index of Medieval Art

Catalogo generale dei beni culturali

BeWeB

Portail Biblissima

POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine

Wikimedia Commons

Warburg Institute Iconographic Database

Guide to Christian Iconography: Images, Symbols, and Texts

Medieval Religion Listserv – 2016 Dillon, 2016 Kornbluth, 2016 Plumb.

Saint Eligius representing the Guild of the Farriers at Orsanmichele in Florence – scroll down to find the copy in situ and the original at the Bargello Museum.

Virgin and Child in Glory with Saints Eligius and Petronius by Giacomo Cavedone (1614), also

Post-Biblical Saints Art Index, also
Saints and their Attributes
Saints and their Emblems

Sacred and Legendary Art volume II by Mrs. Jameson (Longmans, 1870).

A Handbook of Christian Symbols and Stories of the Saints as Illustrated in Art by Clara Erskine Clement (Houghton Mifflin, 1895).

A Garner of Saints: Being a Collection of the Legends and Emblems Usually Represented in Art by Allen Hinds.

Lives and Legends of the English Bishops and Kings, Mediaeval Monks, and Other Later Saints by Mrs. Arthur Bell.

The Saints in Art with Their Attributes and Symbols, Alphabetically Arranged by Margaret E. Tabor.

Saints and their Symbols: A Companion in the Churches and Picture Galleries of Europe by E. A. Greene.

The Saints in Art by Joseph Maria von Radowitz.

Emblems of Saints by Which They Are Distinguished in Works of Art by F. C. Husenbeth.

Music

Cantus: A Database for Latin Ecclesiastical Chant

Cantus: A Database for Latin Ecclesiastical Chant

“Le bon roi Dagobert” – song & lyrics with translation.

Customs & Devotions

Late Medieval French Prayer

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