19 March – Saint Joseph

Annus Dierum Sanctorum
Moriatur anima mea morte iustorum, et fiant novissima mea horum similia.
Let my soul die the death of the just, and my last end be like to them.
Numbers 23.10
Nunc dimittis servum tuum quia viderunt oculi mei salutare tuum.
Now thou dost dismiss thy servant, according to thy word in peace because my eyes have seen thy salvation.
Luke 2.29-30

Modern Hagiography

Roman Martyrology

Sanctorale Catholicum

Lives of the Saints by Alban Butler.

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 saints

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

Little Lives of the Great Saints by John O’Kane Murray. 

Lives of the Saints for Children by Theodor Berthold. 

The Fairest Flower of Paradise: Considerations on the Litany of the Blessed Virgin, Enriched with Examples Drawn from the Lives of the Saints by Alexis Lepicier.

Sermons for Children’s Masses, According to the Sundays and Principal Festivals of the Year by Raphael Frassinetti.

Patron Saints by Eliza Allen Starr.

Goffine’s Devout Instructions on the Epistles and Gospels for the Sundays and Holydays

The Lives of Saints, with Other Feasts of the Year, According to the Roman Calendar by Peter Ribadeneira.

Tradition in Action

Quamquam pluriest

“Saint Joseph, Our Father” and “A Sonnet to Saint Joseph” by Matthew Russell.

“Patronage of Saint Joseph” by Frederick William Faber.

“God’s Porter” and “To Saint Joseph” by Hugh Francis Blunt.

Biblical Texts

Matthew 1-2

Luke 2

Matthew 13.55

John 6.42

Medieval Hagiography

BHL

Acta Sanctorum

The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity Database

Breviarium Romanum Latin & English.

Art & Architecture

Index of Medieval Art

Catalogo generale dei beni culturali

BeWeB

Portail Biblissima

POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine

Warburg Institute Iconographic Database

Guide to Christian Iconography: Images, Symbols, and Texts

Kornbluth Photography Historical Archive

Medieval Religion Listserv – 2016 Dillon.

Vatican Colonnade

Joseph in his Workshop in the right panel of The Merode Altarpiece by Robert Campin.

The Marriage of the Virgin by Perugino

Saints and their Attributes

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

Lives and Legends of the Evangelists, Apostles, and Other Early 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.

Music

Cantus: A Database for Latin Ecclesiastical Chant

Three Hymns to Saint Joseph by Pope Urban VIII

Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Motet de St Joseph, H.368

Hymns to Saint Joseph

Hymn to Saint Joseph

“O Blessed Saint Joseph”

“Great Saint Joseph, Son of David”

“Joseph, Pure Spouse of the Immoral Bride”

“Hail, Holy Joseph, Hail!”

Songs for Catholic Schools

Devotions

Late Medieval French Prayer

Feast Day Cookbook

Prayers to Saint Joseph in the Raccolta

Prayer to Saint Joseph by Pius X

Prayers to Saint Joseph

Litany of Saint Joseph, also

Meditations for the Use of the Secular Clergy by Pierre Chaignon.

Manna for the Soul: Meditations for Every Day of the Year by Paulo Segneri.

Meditations on the Life, the Teaching and the Passion of Jesus Christ for Every Day of the Ecclesiastical Year with an Appendix of Meditations for the Festivals of Various Saints by Augustin Maria Ilg.

Meditations for All the Days of the Year by M. Hamon.

Original, Short and Practical Sermons for Every Feast of the Ecclesiastical Year by Francis Weninger.

Heortology: A History Of The Christian Festivals From Their Origin To The Present Day by Heinrich Kellner.

The Way of Salvation: Meditations for Every Day of the Year by Saint Alphonsus Liguori.