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10 May – Saint Damien of Molokai

Modern Hagiography Heroes Every Child Should Know by Hamilton Wright Mabie. The Holiness of the Church in the Nineteenth Century: Saintly Men and Women of Our Own Times by Constantine Kempf. “Father Damien” by Robert Louis Stevenson. A long form biography by May Quinlan The Wikipedia entry is particularly scholarly.

10 May – Saint Comgall

Modern Hagiography Sanctorale Catholicum Lives of the Saints by Alban Butler. Lives of the Saints by Sabine Baring-Gould. The Book of Saints and Friendly Beasts by Abbie Farwell Brown. Legends of Saints and Birds by Agnes Aubrey Hilton. Lives of the Irish Saints by John O’Hanlon. Medieval Hagiography Acta Sanctorum The Cult of Saints in LateContinue reading “10 May – Saint Comgall”

9 May – Saint Gregory of Nazianzus

Modern Hagiography Martyrologium Romanum – 2 January & 25 January 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 ShrinesContinue reading “9 May – Saint Gregory of Nazianzus”