28 July – Saint Samson of Dol

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Parents Praying, Studying, Ordination in France, Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Français 51 f.444v (and 446v)
Procession des saints de Bretagne – diocèse de Dol, cathédrale saint Pierre, Rennes, France
Annus Dierum Sanctorum
In verbis suis monstra placavit.
With his words he made prodigies to cease.
Ecclesiasticus 45.2
The Book of Saints

Modern Hagiography

Bibliotheca Sanctorum

Martyrologium Romanum

Roman Martyrology

Sanctorale Catholicum

A Menology of England and Wales

Lives of the Saints by Alban Butler.

Lives of the Saints by Sabine Baring-Gould.

Lives of the Irish Saints by John O’Hanlon.

“Saint Samson, Archbishop of Dol, Brittany” in Cambria Sacra

Medieval Hagiography

BHL, Supplement 

Acta Sanctorum, translation

Life of Saint Samson 

Art & Architecture

Portail Biblissima

POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine
– Sarcophage dit de saint Samson

Wikimedia Commons

Warburg Institute Iconographic Database 

Cathédrale Saint-Samson de Dol, including 20th C. sculptural program by Jean Boucher

Abbott Samson’s Pillar Cross

Saints and their Emblems

Caractéristiques des saints dans l’art populaire by Charles Cahier – colombe, dragon, groupe, serpent.

Music

Cantus: A Database for Latin Ecclesiastical Chant