24 March – Saint Gabriel the Archangel

Modern Angelology Bibliotheca Sanctorum Lives of the Saints by Sabine Baring-Gould. Character Calendar Our Birthday Bouquet Culled from the Shrines of the Saints and the Gardens of the Poets by Eleanor C. Donnelly. La vie des saints Tradition in Action “Saint Gabriel” by Frederick William Faber. (also here) Biblical texts All references Medieval Hagiography ActaContinue reading “24 March – Saint Gabriel the Archangel”

Le tour de la France par deux enfants, chs. XCIV – Maine, Anjou, Touraine

Previous Location: Bretagne Google Map (in progress) See the Pinchon Map for Maine, Anjou, Touraine Chapter XCIV – Julien reads about the provinces of Maine, Anjou, and Touraine and their great men – Ambroise Paré, David d’Angers, and René Descartes. Videos: Pays de Loire and La Loire des jardins from Echappées belles; L’Anjou, de SaumurContinue reading “Le tour de la France par deux enfants, chs. XCIV – Maine, Anjou, Touraine”

23 March – Saint Benedict the Solitary

Modern Hagiography Bibliotheca Sanctorum Roman Martyrology 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. Medieval Hagiography BHL Acta Sanctorum Art & Architecture Caractéristiques des saints dans l’art populaire by Charles Cahier – feu.