28 January – Blessed Charlemagne

Monastery of Saint John in Müstair (CH)
Annus Dierum Sanctorum
fundavit et datavit
Gloria, et honore coronasti eum.
Thou hast crowned him with glory and honor.
Psalm 8.6

Modern Hagiography

Sanctorale Catholicum

Lives of the Saints by Alban Butler.

Lives of the Saints by Sabine Baring-Gould.

The Liturgical Year by Dom Guéranger.

True Historical Stories for Catholic Children by Josephine Portuondo.

Saints and Heroes to the End of the Middle Ages by George Hodges. 

Contemporary and Medieval Hagiography

BHL, Supplement

Acta Sanctorum

Two lives of Charlemagne, one by Einhard, one by a monk at St. Gall.

Writings of Charlemagne

Documenta Catholica Omnia

Art & Architecture

Index of Medieval Art, Essay on Charlemagne’s Imagery

Catalogo generale dei beni culturali

BeWeB

POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine

Warburg Institute Iconographic Database

Medieval Religion Listserv- 2015 Dillon.

Aachen Cathedral Treasury

The Crowning of Charlemagne in the Vatican, Equestrian Statue

Saints and their Attributes

Legends of the Monastic Orders as Represented in the Fine Arts by Mrs. Jameson.

A Handbook of Christian Symbols and Stories of the Saints as Illustrated in Art by Clara Erskine Clement.

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

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

Music

Cantus: A Database for Latin Ecclesiastical Chant

A solis ortu usque ad occidua (lament on the death of Charlemagne, 814) (about)