
Mulier quae erat in civitate peccatrix.
A woman that was in the city, a sinner.
Luke 7.37
Remissa sunt ei peccata multa.
Many sins are forgiven her.
Luke 7.47
Quid vis misera?
Te Domine
Inventa una pretiosa.
He had found one [margarita/pearl] of great price.
Matthew 13.46
Modern Hagiography
Lives of the Saints by Alban Butler.
Lives of the Saints by Sabine Baring-Gould.
The Liturgical Year by Dom Guéranger.
Miniature Lives of the Saints for Every Day in the Year
Light from the Lowly volume I by Francis Butina.
Great Magdalens by Hugh Francis Blunt.
Medieval Hagiography
The Life and Revelations of Margaret of Cortona written in Latin by her confessor and translated into English.
Art & Architecture
Catalogo generale dei beni culturali
Warburg Institute Iconographic Database
Beccaruzzi, San Bernardino da Siena e Santi (16C) (detail above)

The Ecstasy of Margaret of Cortona (17th Century)
St. Margaret of Cortona Finds the Corpse of Her Lover (18th Century)


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.
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.
Franciscan Legends in Italian Art: Pictures in Italian Churches and Galleries by Emma Gurney (and also)
Music
Cantus: A Database for Latin Ecclesiastical Chant
Customs & Devotions




