8 April – Saint Perpetuus

Translation de saint Martin (France, Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Français 51 f.393v)
S. Perpétue, évêque (St. Perpetuus, Bishop), April 8th, from Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de L'Année (Images of All of the Saints and Religious Events of the Year), Jacques Callot (French, Nancy 1592–1635 Nancy), Etching; second state of two (Lieure)
Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de L’Année
The Book of Saints

Modern Hagiography

Roman Martyrology

Sanctorale Catholicum

Lives of the Saints by Alban Butler.

Character Calendar

Pictorial Lives of the Saints

La vie des saints

La vie des saints

Medieval Hagiography

Acta Sanctorum

Two Councils of Tours from the beginning of his bishopric (Latin, pdf page 487 & 489)

Gregory of Tours’ History of the Franks – II.14 His episcopate, including building a new church over the tomb of Saint Martin & II.26 His death & X.31 The feasts he instituted

Writings of Saint Perpetuus

Documenta Catholica Omnia

Art & Architecture

Portail Biblissima

Saints and their Attributes
Saints and their Emblems

Caractéristiques des saints dans l’art populaire by Charles Cahier – eglise.

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

7 April – Saint Hermann Joseph

Erzbischöfliche Diözesan- und Dombibliothek Köln MS 260, Folio 1v
The Vision of Blessed Hermann Joseph by Anthony Van Dyck, also
Annus Dierum Sanctorum
Recordatus sum tui miserans adolenscentiam tuam, et Charitatem desponsationis tuae.
I have remembered thee, pitying thy soul, pitying thy youth, and the love of thy espousals,
Jeremiah 2.2
Vos huius rei testes estis.
You, I say, are witnesses of this thing.
Ruth 4.10
Despondi vos uni.
I have espoused you to one.
2 Corinthians 11.2
Nos testes sumus.
We are witnesses.
Ruth 4.11
The Book of Saints

Modern Hagiography

Bibliotheca Sanctorum

Martyrologium Romanum

Sanctorale Catholicum

Lives of the Saints by Alban Butler.

Lives of the Saints by Sabine Baring-Gould.

Character Calendar

Pictorial Lives of the Saints

Miniature Lives of the Saints for Every Day in the Year

Lives of the Saints for Children by Theodor Berthold. 

Tradition in Action

Medieval Hagiography

BHL

Acta Sanctorum

Art & Architecture

Index of Medieval Art
– Psalterium feriatum (Köln, Erzbischöfliche Diözesan- und Dombibliothek, Cod. 260, Folio 1v

POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine

Europeana

Warburg Institute Iconographic Database

Medieval Religion Listserv

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

Saints and their Attributes
Saints and their Emblems

Caractéristiques des saints dans l’art populaire by Charles Cahier – apparitions de N.-S., enfant, fruits.

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 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.