17 July – The Scillitan Martyrs

Modern Hagiography

Bibliotheca Sanctorum

Martyrologium Romanum

Roman Martyrology

Sanctorale Catholicum

Dictionary of Saintly Women

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

Rome and the Negro:  Lives of the Noted African Bishops, Saints, Martyrs, Holy Women and Fathers of Deserts

Medieval Hagiography

BHL, Supplement 

Acta Sanctorum

The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity Database

The Acts of the Scillitan Martyrs 

Art & Architecture

Saints and their Emblems

17 July – Saint Kenelm

BL Cotton MS Claudius D VI, f.7
Martyrdom of Saint Kenelm

Modern Hagiography

Bibliotheca Sanctorum

Martyrologium Romanum

Sanctorale Catholicum

A Menology of England and Wales

Lives of the Saints by Alban Butler.

Lives of the Saints by Sabine Baring-Gould.

“Saint Kenelm” by Kenelm Dibgy Best.

Medieval Hagiography

BHL, Supplement 

Acta Sanctorum

William Malmesbury’s Chronicle – here and here.

A 12th century life 

A 13th-century life 

The Golden Legend

The Tale of the Nun’s Priest in The Canterbury Tales (from line 3110)

Art & Architecture

Index of Medieval Art

Portail Biblissima

Saints and their Attributes

Caractéristiques des saints dans l’art populaire by Charles Cahier – lis, tete.

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

Emblems of Saints by Which They Are Distinguished in Works of Art by F. C. Husenbeth.

Music

Cantus: A Database for Latin Ecclesiastical Chant

The Ballad of Saint Kenelm

Customs and Devotions

“St Kenelm and ‘Crabbing the Parson'”

17 July – Saint Alexius of Rome

San Clemente, about
Annus Dierum Sanctorum 
In propria venit et sui non receperunt eum.
He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
John 1.11

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.

Stories of the Saints for Children Second Series by Mary Seymour.

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

Medieval Hagiography

BHL, Supplement 

Acta Sanctorum

11th-century French poem of his life 

The Golden Legend (and illustrations)

Breviarium Romanum – Latin & English.

Art & Architecture

Index of Medieval Art

Sant’Alessio all’Aventino in Rome and the Madonna di Sant’Alessio 

Catalogo generale dei beni culturali

BeWeB

Portail Biblissima

POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine, especially 17C Painting Cycle in Auberchicourt

Warburg Institute Iconographic Database 

Google Art & Culture 

Post-Biblical Saints Art Index
Saints and their Attributes
Saints and their Emblems

Caractéristiques des saints dans l’art populaire by Charles Cahier – billet, escalier, pèlerin.

Sacred and Legendary Art volume II by Mrs. Jameson.

A Handbook of Christian Symbols and Stories of the Saints as Illustrated in Art by Clara Erskine Clement.

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.

Music

Cantus: A Database for Latin Ecclesiastical Chant

The first opera on a historical subject, Sant’Alessio by Stefano Landi (background)

“Sant’Alessio”, an oratorio by Camilla de Rossi