18 September – Saint Thomas of Villanova

By Giuseppe Franchi in the Bibliothca Ambrosiana
Annus Dierum Sanctorum
Stupebant super doctrina eius erat enim docens eos quasi potestatem habens.
They were astonished at his doctrine. For he was teaching them as one having power.
Mark 1.22
Flebat omnis populus cum audiret verba.
All the people wept, when they heard the words.
2 Esdras 8.9

Modern Hagiography

Bibliotheca Sanctorum

Martyrologium Romanum (8 September)

Roman Martyrology – 8 September & 22 September

Lives of the Saints by Alban Butler.

Lives of the Saints by Francis Weninger.

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 by Henry Sebastian Bowden.

Stories of the Saints Third Series by Mary Seymour.

Memorials of the Blessed: A Series of Short Lives of the Saints by Charles B. Fairbanks.

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

Tradition in Action

Writings of Saint Thomas of Villanova

Day by Day with Thomas of Villanova 

Sermon for the Feast of the Circumcision on the Divine Name 

Early Modern Hagiography

Acta Sanctorum

Breviarium RomanumLatin & English.

Art & Architecture

Wikimedia Commons

Catalogo generale dei beni culturali

BeWeB

POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine

A Guide to Christian Iconography: Images, Symbols, and Texts 

17C Saint Thomas of Villanova Giving Alms to the Poor by Murillo 

17C Saint Thomas of Villanova Giving Alms to the Poor 

17C Sculpture (and also)

Post-Biblical Saints Art Index
Saints and their Attributes

Legends of the Monastic Orders as Represented in the Fine Arts by Mrs. Jameson.

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

Lives and Legends of the English Bishops and Kings, Mediaeval Monks, and Other Later Saints by Mrs. Arthur Bell.

The Saints in Art with Their Attributes and Symbols, Alphabetically Arranged by Margaret E. Tabor.

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.

Devotions

Prayer of Saint Thomas of Villanova