Et filius Ancillae tuae.
And the son of your Handmaid.
Psalm 115.16
Factus est ei Ioackim Servus.
Joakim became his servant.
4 Kings 24.1
Ego servus tuus.
I am thy servant.
Psalm 115.16
Ex virtute pendebat.
It did proceed from virtue.
Judith 10.4
Modern Hagiography
Lives of the Saints by Alban Butler.
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.
Medieval Hagiography
Art & Architecture
Catalogo generale dei beni culturali
Warbug Institute Iconographic Database
Caractéristiques des saints dans l’art populaire by Charles Cahier – cierge, malades.
Nihil sub sole novum 