Modern Hagiography
Lives of the Saints by Alban Butler.
Lives of the Saints by Francis Weninger.
Lives of the Saints by Sabine Baring-Gould.
Medieval Hagiography
“But he was quit, by God and by Seint Joce!”
Line 483 in the Wife of Bath’s Prologue and Tale from The Canterbury Tales.
Art & Architecture
Lives and Legends of the English Bishops and Kings, Mediaeval Monks, and Other Later Saints by Mrs. Arthur Bell.
Music
Saving Scenes 3 and 4 until Christmas.
Recording (through 20:48)
Scene 1 includes verses from Psalm 40, also the source for the earlier German Hymn, “Tröstet, tröstet meine Lieben” (Comfort, Comfort Ye My People) – English Translation at Hymns and Carols of Christmas; Background and English Translation at Hymnary.org, German words at Hymnary.org (included in A Catholic Book of Hymns)
In 2021, today is also the Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Check out her entry for an entire CD of music dedicated to her.
Modern Hagiography
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.
Art & Architecture
Nihil sub sole novum 