20 February – Saint Eleutherius of Tournai

Modern Hagiography Bibliotheca Sanctorum Martyrologium Romanum Roman Martyrology Lives of the Saints by Alban Butler. Lives of the Saints by Sabine Baring-Gould. Medieval Hagiography BHL Acta Sanctorum Writings Documenta Catholica Omnia Art & Architecture Warburg Institute Iconographic Database Medieval Religion Listserv – 1790 “Performing the Past: The Tapestry of the City and Its Saints inContinue reading “20 February – Saint Eleutherius of Tournai”

Recueil dominicain du couvent Sainte-Catherine-de-Sienne de Douai, Folio 23r

Despectus terrenorum. Christus utique (qui non fallitur) elegit quod carni molestius est. Id ergo melius, id utilius, id potius eligendum. S. Bern. Serm. I3. de nativit. The Scorn of Earthly Things Christ, Who could not be deceived, chose what was painful and troublesome ; therefore it is the best, the most profitable choice, that which is to beContinue reading “Recueil dominicain du couvent Sainte-Catherine-de-Sienne de Douai, Folio 23r”