December 2021 – Page 27 – Nihil sub sole novum

11 December – Saint Gentian, Saint Fuscian, & Saint Victoricus

Modern Hagiography Bibliotheca Sanctorum – should be at Vittorico, Fusciano, e Genziano, but not found Martyrologium Romanum Roman Martryology Lives of the Saints by Alban Butler. Lives of the Saints by Sabine Baring-Gould. Medieval Hagiography BHL – Gentian, Fuscian, Victoricus The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity Database The Golden Legend Art & Architecture IndexContinue reading “11 December – Saint Gentian, Saint Fuscian, & Saint Victoricus”

11 December – Saint Damasus

Modern Hagiography Bibliotheca Sanctorum Martyrologium Romanum Roman Martryology Sanctorale Catholicum Lives of the Saints by Alban Butler. Lives of the Saints by Sabine Baring-Gould. The Liturgical Year by Dom Guéranger. The Lives of the Saints by Francis Weninger. Character Calendar Pictorial Lives of the Saints La vie des saints La vie des saints Our BirthdayContinue reading “11 December – Saint Damasus”

Music of Advent, Day 13, Second Friday – Wachtet auf & Macht hoch die Tür

For the first Friday, I recommended a French song, and today, the second Friday, I will recommend two German songs, Lutheran in origin, but close to the Biblical text and in common use today among Catholics (although perhaps not Traditional ones). First, Wachtet auf! Ruft uns die Stimme, on which a Bach cantata is based.Continue reading “Music of Advent, Day 13, Second Friday – Wachtet auf & Macht hoch die Tür”