8 October – Saint Thaïs

Modern Hagiography Bibliotheca Sanctorum Sanctorale Catholicum Dictionary of Saintly Women Lives of the Saints by Alban Butler. Lives of the Saints by Sabine Baring-Gould. The Lives of the Fathers of the Eastern Deserts by Richard Challoner. Great Magdalens by Hugh Francis Blunt. Medieval Hagiography BHL, Supplement Acta Sanctorum The Cult of Saints in Late AntiquityContinue reading “8 October – Saint Thaïs”

8 October – Saint Pelagia of Antioch (Penitent)

Modern Hagiography Bibliotheca Sanctorum (Saint Pelagia of Jerusalem) Martyrologium Romanum (identified as the Saint Pelagia of Antioch who was a Virgin and Martyr) Roman Martyrology Sanctorale Catholicum Dictionary of Saintly Women Lives of the Saints by Alban Butler. Lives of the Saints by Francis Weninger. Lives of the Saints by Sabine Baring-Gould. La vie desContinue reading “8 October – Saint Pelagia of Antioch (Penitent)”

23 July / 8 October – Saint Bridget of Sweden

Modern Hagiography Bibliotheca Sanctorum Martyrologium Romanum Roman Martyrology – 23 July & 8 October Sanctorale Catholicum Dictionary of Saintly Women 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 OurContinue reading “23 July / 8 October – Saint Bridget of Sweden”