25 June – Saint Febronia of Nisibis

Modern Hagiography Bibliotheca Sanctorum Roman Martyrology Dictionary of Saintly Women Lives of the Saints by Sabine Baring-Gould. La vie des saints  Victories of the Martyrs by Saint Alphonsus Liguori. Hymn of Praise by Nikolaj Velimirović. Blog devoted to Saint Febronia (see also) Medieval Hagiography BHL, Supplement Acta Sanctorum The Cult of Saints in Late AntiquityContinue reading “25 June – Saint Febronia of Nisibis”

25 June – Saint Émilien of Nantes

Modern Hagiography Bibliotheca Sanctorum Lives of the Saints by Sabine Baring-Gould. La vie des saints  Vies des bienheureux et des saints de Bretagne Saint Émiland : discours prononcé dans la paroisse de ce nom, à l’occasion d’une translation solennelle des reliques du saint, le samedi 25 juin 1887 Notice historique & critique sur saint Emilien,Continue reading “25 June – Saint Émilien of Nantes”

Living Latin: Teaching Latin in Latin

Adding a conversational component, dialogues, listening exercises, and recitation are only the first steps to making a Latin class more living.  Eventually, the goal is to eliminate all use of English from the Latin classroom.  This will mean learning (1) how to introduce vocabulary without giving the English equivalent; (2) how to facilitate students learningContinue reading “Living Latin: Teaching Latin in Latin”