Modern Hagiography Bibliotheca Sanctorum Martyrologium Romanum Roman Martyrology (see also 4 April) Sanctorale Catholicum Lives of the Saints by Alban Butler. Lives of 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 La vie des saintsContinue reading “7 December – Saint Ambrose of Milan”
Monthly Archives: December 2021
Music of Advent, Day 9, Second Monday – Lo! He Comes with Clouds Descending
This hymn is not Catholic in origin or use, but was inspired by the Dies irae and so makes a good follow up to the Second Sunday in Advent. A Catholic Analysis of the Words by Monsignor Charles Pope, and a defense of Catholics singing this hymn by Father Dwight Longenecker Hymns and Carols ofContinue reading “Music of Advent, Day 9, Second Monday – Lo! He Comes with Clouds Descending”
6 December – Saint Dionysia, Saint Majoricus, & Companions
Dionysia, Dativa, Leontia, Tertius, Emilianus, Boniface, Majoricus, and Servus Modern Hagiography Bibliotheca Sanctorum Martyrologium Romanum Roman Martryology Dictionary of Saintly Women Lives of the Saints by Alban Butler. Lives of the Saints by Sabine Baring-Gould. Victories of the Martyrs by Saint Alphonsus Liguori. Medieval Hagiography BHL Victor of Vita, History of the Vandal Persecution, Book 3 ArtContinue reading “6 December – Saint Dionysia, Saint Majoricus, & Companions”
Nihil sub sole novum 