Nihil sub sole novum

6 April – Saint Celestine I

*Celestine I sending Patrick to Ireland*

Construction de Sainte-Sabine de Rome (France, Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 4915 f.283v)

By Giuseppe Franchi in the Bibliotheca Ambrosiana

S. Célestin, pape (St. Celestine, Pope), April 6th, 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*

Modern Hagiography

Bibliotheca Sanctorum

Martyrologium Romanum (27 July)

Roman Martyrology

Sanctorale Catholicum

Lives of the Saints by Alban Butler.

Lives of the Saints by Sabine Baring-Gould.

Character Calendar

Pictorial Lives of the 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.

Medieval Hagiography

Acta Sanctorum

The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity Database

Liber pontificalis

Writings of Pope Celestine I

Documenta Catholica Omnia

Letters of Celestine during the Council of Ephesus. And another letter quoted here.

Art & Architecture

Index of Medieval Art
– El Escorial, Real Biblioteca, Cod. Vitrinas 17, folio 6r

Portail Biblissima

Catalogo generale dei beni culturali

Saints and their Attributes

Le tour de la France par deux enfants, chs. CVIII to CIX – Champagne

Previous Location: Flanders, Artois, Piccardy

Google Map (in progress)

See the Pinchon map of the Champagne

Chapter CVIII – The boys and their uncle stop in Reims, in the département of Marne in the province of Champagne.

Video: La cathédrale de Reims – Région Champagne-Ardenne – Le Monument Préféré des Français from Le Pays préféré des Français

Chapter CIX – Julien reads about the famous men of Champagne – Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Philippe Lebon, and Jean de La Fontaine.

Videos about Champagne, in general: La Champagne à vélo from Échappées belles

Longfellow’s Poems of Places

Ardennes

Ardennes by William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

Song by William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

Ardennes by William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

The Forest of Ardennes by Francesco Petrarca (1304–1374)

Brienne-le-Château in Aube

The Schoolboy King by Walter Thornbury (1828–1876)

5 April – Saint Theodora of Thessaloniki

Saint Sophia Church, Thessaloniki (about)

Modern Hagiography

Bibliotheca Sanctorum

Dictionary of Saintly Women

Medieval Hagiography

Acta Sanctorum

Live and Conduct of Our Blessed Mother Theodora of Thessalonike

Art & Architecture

Index of Medieval Art

19C Icon

“The Tomb of Saint Theodora Discovered in Thessaloniki” but identifies as other Saint Theodora of Thessaloniki

Church of Saint Theodora in Thessaloniki, Photos at TripAdvisor