23 January – Saint Raymond of Penyafort

Douai – BM – ms. 1170
17th Century Painting
Ludovico Carracci, San Raimondo di Peñafort, Basilica San Domenico, Bologna (scholarly notice about it being a copy)
Jacopo ligozzi, san raimondo di peñafort resuscita un fanciullo
By Giuseppe Fanchi in the Bibliotheca Ambrosiana
Compositions artistique (about)
Annus Dierum Sanctorum
Scripsit verba legis in volumine, atque complevit.
He wrote the words of law in a volume, and finished it:
Deuteronomy 31.24
The Book of Saints

Modern Hagiography

Bibliotheca Sanctorum

Martyrologium Romanum (7 January)

Roman Martyrology

Sanctorale Catholicum

Lives of the Saints by Alban Butler.

Lives of the Saints by Sabine Baring-Gould.

The Liturgical Year by Dom Guéranger.

Miniatures Lives of the Saints for Every Day in the Year

Pictorial Lives of the Saints 

La vie des saints

Short Lives of the Dominican Saints

Stars in Saint Dominic’s Crown

Tradition in Action

Medieval Hagiography

BHL, Supplement

Acta Sanctorum

Breviarium Romanum – Latin & English

Art & Architecture

Index of Medieval Art

Catalogo generale dei beni culturali, see also

BeWeB

Portail Biblissima

POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine

Wikimedia Commons

Warburg Institute Iconographic Database

Guide to Christian Iconography: Images, Symbols, and Texts

1641 Painting by Ricchi Pietro Detto Lucchese (about)

A painting by Tomasso Dolabella, an Italian Baroque painter who was active in Poland, also identified as Saint Hyacinth

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

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

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.

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.

23 January- Saint John the Almoner

1) AS A PATRIARCH OF ALEXANDRIA HIGHLY PRAISE HOLY MARY.
2) HOW THE PATRIARCH GAVE RATIONS FOR THE LOVE OF SANTA MARIA.
3) HOW EXPENSIVE YEARS, AND THE PATRIARCH GAVE HOW MUCH THERE WAS TO THE POOR.
4) HOW SAINT MARIA BEGGED HER SON JESUS CHRIST FOR THE PATRIARCH, WHO HAD BEEN VERY POOR.
5) HOW THE PATRIARCH GOT UP AND WENT TO THE CHURCH TO HEAR MASS OF SANTA MARIA.
6) HOW THE PATRIARCH FOUND A LITTLE BOY WHO TOLD HIM HE WANTED TO TALK TO HIM.
Menologion of Basil II (about)
By Giuseppe Franchi in the Bibliotheca Ambrosiana
The Book of Saints

Modern Hagiography

Bibliotheca Sanctorum

Martyrologium Romanum (11 November)

Roman Martyrology

Sanctorale Catholicum

Lives of the Saints by Alban Butler.

Lives of the Saints by Sabine Baring-Gould.

Pictorial Lives of the Saints

La vie des saints 

Miniature Lives of the Saints for Every Day in the Year

Anecdotes and Incidents: Ecclesiastical and Religious

The Lives of the Fathers of the Eastern Deserts by Richard Challoner.

The Followers of the Lord: Stories for Children from Church History

Contemprary & Medieval Hagiography

BHL, Supplement

Acta Sanctorum

The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity Database

Contemporary Life by Leontius (in English translation)

Selections from the life by Leontius

The Golden Legend (and illustrations)

Art & Architecture

Index of Medieval Art
– Cantigas de Santa María, Escorial, MS T.I.1, folio 201v (details above)

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

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

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

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

Cantigas de Santa Maria, Number 145 – words, recording (instrumental)

23 January – Saint Ildefonsus

1) HOW SAINT ALIFONSO WROTE BOOKS ABOUT SANTA MARIA’S VIRGINITY.
2) HOW SAINT ILDEFONSO DISPUTED WITH THE JEWS AND THE HERETICS.
3) HOW SAINT ILDEFONSO AND KING RECESSWINTH WENT IN PROCESSION
4) HOW SANTA LEOCADIA APPEARED TO ILDEFONSO.
5) HOW SAINT MARIA BLESSED SAINT ILDEFONSO.
Miracle of Sigarius of Toledo
L’imposition de la chasuble à saint Ildefonse
Ildefonso Altarpiece by Rubens (Wikipedia Entry)
S. Ildelfonse, archevêque (St. Ildefonsus, Archbishop), January 23rd, 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

Bibliotheca Sanctorum

Martyrologium Romanum

Roman Martyrology

Sanctorale Catholicum

Lives of the Saints by Alban Butler.

Lives of the Saints by Sabine Baring-Gould.

The Liturgical Year by Dom Guéranger.

Miniature Lives of the Saints for Every Day in the Year

The Fairest Flower of Paradise: Considerations on the Litany of the Blessed Virgin, Enriched with Examples Drawn from the Lives of the Saints by Alexis Lepicier. 

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

Medieval Hagiography

BHL, Supplement

Acta Sanctorum

Writings by Saint Ildefonsus

Documenta Catholica Omnia

A devotion to Mary from the Litany of Saint Ildefonsus

On the Lives of Famous Men by Saint Ildefonsus (free to borrow with registration).

Art & Architecture

Index of Medieval Art
– Cantigas de Santa María, Escorial, MS T.I.1, folio 7r (details above)

Catalogo generale dei beni culturali

Portail Biblissima

POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine

Warburg Institute Iconographic Database

Paintings by El Greco – one, two, three

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

Caractéristiques des saints dans l’art populaire by Charles Cahier – apparitions de la Sainte Vierge.

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.

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

Lives and Legends of the English Bishops and Kings, Mediaeval Monks, and Other Later 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

Cantigas de Santa Maria, Number 2 – words, recording