4 October – Saint Francis of Assisi

Saint Francis in Prayers by Francisco de Zurbarán
Annus Dierum Sanctorum
Opus quale sit, ignis probabit.
The fire shall try every man’s work, of what sort it is.
1 Corinthians 3.13

Modern Hagiography

Bibliotheca Sanctorum

Martyrologium Romanum

Roman Martyrology

Sanctorale Catholicum

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.

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.

Tradition in Action

“Saint Francis of Assisi” by Matthew Russell.

“The Wolf of Gubbio” in Legends of Our Lady and the Saints.

Medieval Hagiography

BHL, Supplement

Acta Sanctorum

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

Mira circa nos

Breviarium RomanumLatin & English.

Writings of Saint Francis

Documenta Catholica Omnia

Works of the Seraphic Father

The Writings of Saint Francis of Assisi

The Writings of Saint Francis of Assisi

The Rule of Saint Francis of Assisi

Canticle of the Sunabout

Art & Architecture

Index of Medieval Art

Catalogo generale dei beni culturali

BeWeB

Portail Biblissima

POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine

Warburg Institute Iconographic Database

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

Kornbluth Photography Historical Archive

Vatican Colonnade

Vatican Founder Statue

13C Fresco

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

Saints and their Attributes
Saints and their Emblems

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

Blessed Francis, Holy Father

Nobilissima Visionerecording

Parochial Hymn Book

Customs & Devotions

Late Medieval French Prayers

Feast Day Cookbook

Hymn of Saint Francis in the Raccolta

Prayers to Saint Francis

Little Office of the Passion

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

See 17 September – The Stigmata of Saint Francis.