

Opus quale sit, ignis probabit.
The fire shall try every man’s work, of what sort it is.
1 Corinthians 3.13

Modern Hagiography
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.
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.
An Alphabet of Saints by Robert Hugh Benson, Reginald Balfour, and Charles Ritchie.
Short Lives of the Dominican Saints
Stories of the Saints for Children [First Series] by Mary Seymour.
Memorials of the Blessed: A Series of Short Lives of the Saints by Charles B. Fairbanks.
Stories of the Saints by Caroline Chenoweth.
Anecdotes and Incidents: Ecclesiastical and Religious
The Book of Saints and Friendly Beasts by Abbie Farwell Brown.
Legends of Saints and Birds by Agnes Aubrey Hilton.
Legends of Saints and Birds by Agnes Aubrey Hilton.
Book of Saints and Heroes by Mrs. Lang.
In God’s Garden: Stories of the Saints for Little Children by Amy Steedman.
Saints and Heroes to the End of the Middle Ages by George Hodges.
Il libro d’oro, Il libro d’oro
The Lives of Saints, with Other Feasts of the Year, According to the Roman Calendar by Peter Ribadeneira.
“Saint Francis of Assisi” by Matthew Russell.
“The Wolf of Gubbio” in Legends of Our Lady and the Saints.
Medieval Hagiography
First and Second Lives of Saint Francis by Thomas of Celano
Life of Saint Francis by Saint Bonaventure
The Golden Legend (and illustrations)
Little Flowers of Saint Francis
Breviarium Romanum – Latin & English.
Writings of Saint Francis
The Writings of Saint Francis of Assisi
The Writings of Saint Francis of Assisi
The Rule of Saint Francis of Assisi
Art & Architecture
Catalogo generale dei beni culturali
POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine
Warburg Institute Iconographic Database
A Guide to Christian Iconography: Images, Symbols, and Texts
Kornbluth Photography Historical Archive
14C Manuscript Leaf with Scenes from the Life of Saint Francis of Assisi
Legend of Saint Francis in the Church of San Francesco in Assisi by Giotto and Scenes by the Master of Saint Cecilia and Scenes in the Lower Church by the Master of Saint Francis
Scenes from the Life of Saint Francis in the Bardi Chapel in Santa Croce in Florence by Giotto
Predella of Compagnia di San Francesco Altarpiece by Fra Angelico – Apparition of Saint Francis at Arles, Lamentation over Saint Francis, Meeting of Saint Francis and Saint Dominic
Fresco Cycle in Montefalco by Benozzo Gozzoli
Saint Francis in the Ecstasy by Giovanni Bellini
Madonna and Child with Saint Francis by Carlo Crivelli
Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata by Jan van Eyck
Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata by El Greco
Saint John the Baptist and Saint Francis of Assisi by El Greco
Saint Francis by El Greco
Saint Francis in Ecstasy by El Greco
Saint Francis in His Tomb by Zurbaran
Post-Biblical Saints Art Index


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.
A Garner of Saints: Being a Collection of the Legends and Emblems Usually Represented in Art by Allen Hinds.
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.
Sacred Symbols in Art by Elizabeth Edwards Goldsmith.
Music
Cantus: A Database for Latin Ecclesiastical Chant
Nobilissima Visione – recording
Customs & Devotions
Hymn of Saint Francis in the Raccolta
The Prayer attributed to Saint Francis
Meditations for the Use of the Secular Clergy by Pierre Chaignon.
Manna for the Soul: Meditations for Every Day of the Year by Paulo Segneri.
Meditations on the Life, the Teaching and the Passion of Jesus Christ for Every Day of the Ecclesiastical Year with an Appendix of Meditations for the Festivals of Various Saints by Augustin Maria Ilg.
Meditations for All the Days of the Year by M. Hamon.
Goffine’s Devout Instructions on the Epistles and Gospels for the Sundays and Holydays









