30 September – Saint Jerome

Annus Dierum Sanctorum
Quid faciam cum surrexerit ad iudicandum Deus, et cum quaesierit quid respondebo illi?
What shall I do when God shall rise to judge? and when he shall examine, what shall I answer him?
Job 31.14
Cuncta quae fiunt, adducet Deus in iudicium.
All things that are done, God will bring into judgment.
  Ecclesiastes 12.14

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.

Little Lives of the Great Saints by John O’Kane Murray.

Stories of the Saints for Children: The Black Letter Saints by Mrs. Molesworth.

Stories of the Saints Fourth Series Saints of the Early Church by Mary Seymour.

Memorials of the Blessed: A Series of Short Lives of the Saints by Charles B. Fairbanks.

Patron Saints by Eliza Allen Starr.

Stories of the Saints by Caroline Chenoweth.

Book of Saints and Heroes by Mrs. Lang.

Saints and Heroes to the End of the Middle Ages by George Hodges.

The Lives of the Fathers of the Eastern Deserts by Richard Challoner.

The Lives of Saints, with Other Feasts of the Year, According to the Roman Calendar by Peter Ribadeneira.

Il libro d’oro

Tradition in Action

Medieval Hagiography

BHL, Supplement

Acta Sanctorum

The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity Database

The Golden Legend (and illustrations)

Breviarium RomanumLatin & English.

Writings of Saint Jerome

Documenta Catholica Omnia

De Viris Illustribus

Against Vigilantius

Against Helvidius – On the Perpetual Virginity of Mary

To Pammachius Against John of Jerusalem

The Dialogue Against the Luciferians

Against Jovinianus

Against the Pelagians

The Life of Malchus, the Captive Monk

The Life of St. Hilarion

The Life of Paulus the First Hermit

Biblical Prefaces, Preface to the Gospels, Other Prefaces

Jerome’s Apology for Himself Against the Books of Rufinus

The Pilgrimage of the Holy Paula

Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers

Excerpt from letter to Saints Marcella and Paula

Excerpt from sermon on the Assumption

Excerpt from Epistle 1

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

Google Arts & Culture

Vatican Colonnade

Online Exhibit: Saint Jerome in Penance

Saint Jerome Reading in a Landscape by Giovanni Bellini

Saint Jerome Reading by Giovanni Bellini

Saint Jerome in His Study by Jan van Eyck

Saint Jerome in the Dessert by Andrea Mantegna

Saint Jerome by Pietro Perugino

15C Saint Jerome in the Wilderness

15C Saint Jerome

Saint Jerome by Donatello

Saint Jerome Extracting a Thorn from a Lion’s Paw

16C Saint Jerome in his Study

The Penitence of Saint Jerome by Joachim Patinir

Saint Jerome Penitent by Lorenzo Lotto

Last Communion of Saint Jerome by Domenichino

Saint Jerome as Scholar by El Greco

Saint Jerome Reading by Murillo

Saint Jerome by Georges de la Tour

Post-Biblical Saints Art Index

Saints and their Attributes
Saints and their Emblems

Sacred and Legendary Art volume I 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 Great Hermits and Fathers of the Church, with Other Contemporary 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

Customs & Devotions

Manna for the Soul: Meditations for Every Day of the Year by Paulo Segneri.

29 September – Saint Michael the Archangel

Sant’Apollinare in Classe
Annus Dierum Sanctorum
Michael, et Angeli eius praeliabantur cum Dracone – et proiectus est Draco ille magnus.
Michael and his angels fought with the dragon – and that great dragon was cast out.
Apocalypse 12.7, 9
Michael unus de Principibus primis.
Michael, one of the chief princes.
Daniel 10.13


Modern Angelology

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.

Sermons for Children’s Masses, According to the Sundays and Principal Festivals of the Year by Raphael Frassinetti.

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

“St. Michael” by Frederick William Faber (also here)

Medieval Angelology

BHL, Supplement

Acta Sanctorum

The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity Database

Three Encomiums

Alcuin, Sequence for Saint Michael

Hymn to the Archangel Michael by Rabanus Maurus.

“For Saint Michael”

The Golden Legend (and illustrations)

15C Account of Vision of Saint Michael in Rome at the Castel Sant’Angelo (a summary of a scholarly presentation on the vision)

Breviarium RomanumLatin & English.

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 – 5C to 9C; 10C to 1240; 1240 to 14C

Google Arts & Culture

Wikipedia Entry

Michaelion

Miracle of Saint Michael the Archangel in Chone in the Menologion of Basil II (about)

The Sanctuary of San Miguel in Excelsis

Santuario San Michele

Mont-Saint-Michelofficial website, Online Exhibition

12C Saint Michael Battling the Dragon

Saint Michael by Carlo Crivelli

15C Spanish Altarpiece of Saint Michael

17C Saint Michael

Saint Michael by Zurbaran

Saints and their Attributes
Saints and their Emblems

Sacred and Legendary Art volume I 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.

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.

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

Medieval Music Database

Cantus: A Database for Latin Ecclesiastical Chant

Charpentier “Praelium Micchaelis Archangeli factum in coelo cum dracone, H 410”

Hymns to Saint Michael in the Parochial Hymn Book

Customs & Devotions

Late Medieval French Prayers to Saint Michael

Feast Day Cookbook

Prayers to Saint Michael in the Raccolta

Hymns of the Breviary and Missal

Gate of Heaven

Chapel of Saint Michael

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 for All the Days of the Year by M. Hamon.

Goffine’s Devout Instructions on the Epistles and Gospels for the Sundays and Holydays

Heortology: A History Of The Christian Festivals From Their Origin To The Present Day by Heinrich Kellner.

The Church Seasons Historically and Poetically Illustrated by Alexander H. Grant.

Wikipedia Entry on Michaelmas

28 September – Saint Wenceslas

Annus Dierum Sanctorum
Quaesivit Dominus sibi virum iuxta cor suum, et praecepit ei, ut esset Dux super populum suum.
The Lord hath sought him a man according to his own heart: and him hath he commanded to be prince over his people.
1 Kings 13.14
Glorificavit illum in conspectu Regum.
He glorified him in the sight of kings.
Ecclesiasticus 45.3

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.

Miniature Lives Of The Saints For Every Day In The Year by Henry Sebastian Bowden.

Deeds of Faith by John Mason Neale.

Tradition in Action

Medieval Hagiography

BHL, Supplement 

Acta Sanctorum

Breviarium RomanumLatin & English.

Art & Architecture

Index of Medieval Art

Catalogo generale dei beni culturali

BeWeB

Europeana

Wikimedia Commons

Warburg Institute Iconographic Database 

St. Wenceslaus Chapel in Saint Vitus Cathedral in Prague, Wikimedia Commons

Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek, Guelf. 11,2 Augusteus 4

15C Burial of Saint Wenceslas 

Statue of Saint Wenceslas, Wenceslas Square 

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.

Lives and Legends of the English Bishops and Kings, Mediaeval Monks, and Other Later Saints by Mrs. Arthur Bell.

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.

Music

Cantus: A Database for Latin Ecclesiastical Chant

Svatý Václave (Saint Wenceslas Chorale) – Translation in Description; Instrumental Version; About 

Jirák – Suk: Meditation on the Saint Wenceslas Chorale, Op 35a (alternately)

Good King Wenceslas (about)