4 May – Saint Monica

Annus Dierum Sanctorum
Viduas honora, quae vere viduae sunt.
Honour widows, that are widows indeed.
1 Timothy 5.3
Petite
et accipietis
.
Ask, and you shall receive.
John 16.24

Modern Hagiography

Martyrologium Romanum

Roman Martyrology

Sanctorale Catholicum

Dictionary of Saintly Women

Lives of the Saints by Alban Butler.

Lives of the Saints by Sabine Baring-Gould.

The Liturgical Year by Dom Guéranger.

Character Calendar 

Pictorial Lives of the 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

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

La vie des saints

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

Short Instructive Sketches from the Lives of the Saints

Il libro d’oro

Mothers of Great Men

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

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

Great Wives and Mothers by Hugh Francis Blunt.

Tradition in Context

“St. Monica” by Matthew Russell

Medieval Hagiography

BHL, Supplement

Acta Sanctorum

Epitaph at the Church of Saint Aurea in Ostia

References to in the Confessions of Augustine

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

Medieval Religion Listserv – 2016 Dillon.

The chapel of Santa Monica in the church of Sant’Agostino in Campo Marzio in Rome

15C Baptism of Saint Augustine

Post-Biblical Saints Art Index
Saints and their Attributes

Legends of the Monastic Orders as Represented in the Fine Arts 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.

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

4 May – Saint Florian

Arrest of Saint Florian by Albrecht Altdorfer
Saint Florian before the Emperor by Albrecht Altdorfer
Recovery of the Body of Saint Florian by Albrecht Altdorfer, all three at the Germanische Nationalmuseum

Modern Hagiography

Roman Martyrology

Sanctorale Catholicum

Medieval Hagiography

BHL, Supplement

Acta Sanctorum

Passion of Saint Florian

A Second Passion of Saint Florian

Art & Architecture

Index of Medieval Art

Portail Biblissima

POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine

Europeana

Warburg Institute Iconographic Database, Illustrations to German additions to Golden Legend

A Guide to Christian Iconography: Images, Symbols, and Texts

Medieval Religion Listserv – 2016 Dillon.

Panels painted by Northern Renaissance artist Albrecht Altdorfer from the life of Saint Florian, from one or two altarpieces – in the Uffizi: The Departure of Saint Florian & The Martyrdom of Saint Florian; in Nuremburg, Germany, in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum: The Presentation of Saint Florian, The Capture of Saint Florian, and The Finding of the Body of Saint Florian; in the National Gallery of Prague: The Martyrdom of Saint Florian.

15C Sculpture

15C Woodcut

Post-Biblical Saints Art Index

Saints and their Attributes

Sacred and Legendary Art volume II by Mrs. Jameson.

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

3 May – Invention of the True Cross

San Francesco in Arezzo
Annus Dierum Sanctorum
Ierunt ligna, ut ungerent super se Regem.
The trees went to anoint a king over them.
Judges 9.8

Crux fidelis inter omnis
Arbor nobilis:
Silva talem nulla profert
fronde, flore, germine

Faithful cross, true sign of triumph,
Be for all the noblest tree;
None in foliage, none in blossom,
None in fruit thine equal be;
Pange lingua gloriosi proelium certaminis

Veni, et super nos regnum accipe.
Come thou and reign over us.
Judges 9.10
Veni, et impera nobis.
 Come thou and reign over us.
Judges 9.12

Modern Hagiography

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.

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

Anecdotes and Incidents: Ecclesiastical and Religious

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

Short Instructive Sketches from the Lives of the Saints

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

“The Legend of the Cross” by Sabine Baring-Gould.

Medieval Hagiography

Acta Sanctorum

Socrates, Ecclesiastical History (pdf)

Theodoret, Ecclesiastical History (pdf)

The Pilgrimage of Egeria

The Golden Legend (and illustrations)

Breviarium Romanum Latin & English.

Art & Architecture

Index of Medieval Art – Search “Helena, Empress,” for the various associated scenes.

Catalogo generale dei beni culturali

BeWeB

Portail Biblissima

POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine

Warburg Institute Iconographic Database

The painted fresco cycle by Piero della Francesca in the basilica of San Francesco in Arezzo – about, photographs, 3D model, photo

The church of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme in Rome

18C Invention of the True Cross

A Garner of Saints: Being a Collection of the Legends and Emblems Usually Represented in Art by Allen Hinds.

See also 18 August – Saint Helena.

Music

Medieval Music Database

Cantus: A Database for Latin Ecclesiastical Chant

Customs & Devotions

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

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.