5 February – Saint Agatha

Annus Dierum Sanctorum
Pro populo suo, et pro patria sua.
for her people, and for her country.
Esther 15.1
Patriae redentio
Nihil in me dubites, filia.

Modern Hagiography

Bibliotheca Sanctorum

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

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

Short Instructive Sketches from the Lives of the Saints

Victories of the Martyrs by Saint Alphonsus Liguori.

Stories of the Saints for Children.  The Black Letter Saints by Mrs. Molesworth (Mary Louisa). 

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

Martyrs and Saints of the First Twelve Centuries: Studies from the Lives of the Black Letter Saints of the English Calendar by Elizabeth Rundle Charles.

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

Tradition in Action

“The Feast of St. Agatha” by Aubrey de Vere.

Medieval Hagiography

BHL, Supplement

Acta Sanctorum

The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity Database

Hymn to Saint Agatha by Pope Damasus

Aelfric’s Life

In Aldhelmus’s De laudibus virginitate (register to borrow for free).

The Golden Legend (and illustrations)

Breviarium Romanum Latin & 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

Guide to Christian Iconography: Images, Symbols, and Texts

Medieval Religion Listserv – 2016 Dillon.

Vatican Colonnade

15C Manuscript Illumination of Martyrdom

16C Martyrdom

17C Painting

17C Painting by Zurbaran

17C Martyrdom

18C Martyrdom by Tiepolo

Sant’Agata dei Goti in Rome

Sant’Agata in Trastevere, also in Rome

Post-Biblical Saints Art Index

Saints and their Attributes
Saints and their Emblems

Caractéristiques des saints dans l’art populaire by Charles Cahier – apparition de saints, Charbons ardents, linge, mamelles, voile.

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.

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.

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

Medieval Music Database

Cantus: A Database for Latin Ecclesiastical Chant

Devotions

Prayer to St. Agatha

Minni di Virgini

4 February – Saint Joseph of Leonessa

Martirio di San Giuseppe da Leonessa
San Giuseppe da Leonessa morto

Modern Hagiography

Bibliotheca Sanctorum

Martyrologium Romanum

Roman Martyrology

Lives of the Saints by Alban Butler.

Lives of the Saints by Sabine Baring-Gould.

Miniature Lives of the Saints for Every Day in the Year

Tradition in Action

Art & Architecture

Catalogo generale dei beni culturali

BeWeB

Europeana

Medieval Religion Listserv

Saints and their Emblems

Caractéristiques des saints dans l’art populaire by Charles Cahier – pendu et potence.

4 February – Saint Veronica

Annus Dierum Sanctorum
Illuminet vultum suum super nos, et misereatur nostri.
May he cause the light of his countenance to shine upon us, and may he have mercy on us.
Psalm 66.2
Dedit – in similitudinem picturae.
He gave – to the resemblance of the picture.
Ecclesiasticu 38.28
Respice in faciem Christi tui.
Look on the face of thy Christ.
Psalm 83.10

Modern Hagiography

Bibliotheca Sanctorum

Dictionary of Saintly Women

Lives of the Saints by Sabine Baring-Gould.

“Speedwell: The Flower of Saint Veronica” by Anna Granniss.

Medieval Hagiography

BHL

Acta Sanctorum

Anglo-Saxon Legend of Saint Veronica

Art & Architecture

Index of Medieval Art

Catalogo generale dei beni culturali

BeWeB

Portail Biblissima

POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine

Europeana

Warburg Institute Iconographic Database

Works of Art in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Guide to Christian Iconography: Images, Symbols, and Texts

Vatican Basilica Statue

Saints and their Attributes
Saints and their Emblems

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

The History of Our Lord as Exemplified in Works of Art with that of His Types, St. John the Baptist; and Other Persons of the Old and New Testament by Mrs. Jameson

Sacred and Legendary Art volume II by Mrs. Jameson.

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

Lives and Legends of the Evangelists, Apostles, and Other Early Saints by Mrs. Arthur Bell.

The Saints in Art with Their Attributes and Symbols, Alphabetically Arranged by Margaret E. Tabor.

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.