Nihil sub sole novum

15 January – Saint Maurus

Miracle de saint Maur (France, Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 3778 f.117v)

*Saint Maur retiré dans une cellule du monastère de Glanfeuil*

*Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de L’Année*

*Libro del Compendio della vita dei santi*

Modern Hagiography

Bibliotheca Sanctorum

Martyrologium Romanum

Roman Martyrology

Sanctorale Catholicum

Lives of the Saints by Alban Butler.

The Liturgical Year by by Dom Guéranger.

Miniature Lives of the Saints for Every Day in the Year

The lives of saints, with other feasts of the year, according to the Roman calendar by Peter Ribadeneira.

Contemporary and/or Medieval Hagiography

BHL, Supplement

Acta Sanctorum

The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity Database

In the Dialogues of Gregory the Great (alternate edition).

9th Century Life and Miracles of Saint Maurus by Odo of Glanfeuil (free to borrow with registration).

Aelfric’s Sermon

The Golden Legend

Art & Architecture

Index of Medieval Art

Catalogo generale dei beni culturali

BeWeB

Portail Biblissima

POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine

Warburg Institute Iconographic Institute

Medieval Religion Listserve

Photo archive of the University of Bologna

ca. 1488 Woodcut – Maurus exorcising demons from the workmen & Florius Coming to Maurus and his Friars

15C MS: Benedict Blessing Maurus

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 Great Hermits and Fathers of the Church, with Other Contemporary 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

Medieval Music Database

Cantus: A Database for Latin Ecclesiastical Chant

10 January & 15 January – Saint Paul the First Hermit

S. Paul, ermite (St. Paul, Hermit), January 10th, 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*

*Annus Dierum Sanctorum*
*Corvis praecepi ut pascant te.*
I have commanded the ravens to feed thee.
3 Kings 17.4
*Militibus suis Christus duplicavit annonam.*
Christ has doubled his soldier’s rations.
Jerome’s *Life of Saint Paul the First Hermit* 10

Modern Hagiography

Bibliotheca Sanctorum

Martyrologium Romanum

Roman Martyrology – 10 January & 15 January

Sanctorale Catholicum

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

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

Saints of Italy by Ella Noyes. (It is curious that Egyptian saints are included in a book on Italian saints. Noyes does call them Paolo and Antonio).

Book of Saints and Heroes by Mrs. Lang.

Three Saints for the Incredulous

Stories of the Saints by Caroline Chenoweth.

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

The lives of saints, with other feasts of the year, according to the Roman calendar by Peter Ribadeneira.

Rome and the Negro: Lives of the Noted African Bishops, Saints, Martyrs, Holy Women and Fathers of Deserts

Evenings with the Saints

Tradition in Action

Contemporary Hagiography

BHL, Supplement

Acta Sanctorum

The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity Database

Life of Saint Paul the First Hermit by Jerome (Latin, help with the Latin)

Aelfric’s Life

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 (so many interesting paintings)
– Retable de St-Hilaire de Poitiers (1661, boîte ornée), bottom right

Warburg Institute Iconographic Database

Guide to Christian Iconography: Images, Symbols, and Texts

Medieval Religion Listserv – 2016 Dillon.

Google Arts & Culture

Vatican Colonnade

Morgan Library MS M.626, Vitae patrum, fols. 2r–4r: Jerome, Life of Paul the Hermit

Post-Biblical Saints Art Index

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.

Lives and Legends of the Great Hermits and Fathers of the Church, with Other Contemporary 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

Cantus: A Database for Latin Ecclesiastical Chant

Customs & Devotions

Feast Day Cookbook

14 January – Saint Felix of Nola

Saint Félix de Nola sauvé par l’araignée (France, Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Français 51 f.303v)

S. Félix, prètre et martyr (St. Felix, Priest and Martyr), January 14th, 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*

*Annus Dierum Sanctorum*
*Liberasti me Domine de manibus quaerentium animam meam.*
Thou hast delivered me Lord out of the hands of them that sought my life.
Ecclesiasticus 51.4-5
*Misit Dominus angelum suum, et eripuit me.*
The Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me.
Acts 12.11
*Tela aranearum fiducia* ei.
His trust shall be like the spider’s web.
Job 8.14

Modern Hagiography

Bibliotheca Sanctorum

Maetyrologium Romanum – 14 January & 15 November

Roman Martyrology – 14 January & 15 November

Sanctorale Catholicum

Lives of the Saints by Alban Butler.

Lives of the Saints by Sabine Baring-Gould.

Miniatures Lives of the Saints for Every Day in the Year

“The Ballad of Saint Felix” in The Book of Saints and Friendly Beasts by Abbie Farwell Brown.

Anecdotes and Incidents: Ecclesiastical and Religious

The lives of saints, with other feasts of the year, according to the Roman calendar by Peter Ribadeneira.

La vie des saints

Tradition in Action

Contemporary & Medieval Hagiography

BHL, Supplement

Acta Sanctorum

The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity Database

Paulinus of Nola wrote a poem for the feast day of Saint Felix, every year for at least fourteen years. Called Natilicia, within his corpus, they are numbers 12 to 16, 18 to 21, 23, and 26 to 29 (register to borrow for free). Poem 16 tells the story of the spider (as does “The Ballad of Saint Felix”).

The Golden Legend (and illustrations)

Art & Architecture

Index of Medieval Art

Catalogo generale dei beni culturali

BeWeB

Portail Biblissima, see also

POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine

Warburg Institute Iconographic Database

Medieval Religion Listserv – 2016 Dillon.

The complex at Nola, today Cimitile, has mosaics and frescoes and carvings from several periods of the early middle ages. To get a sample, look through this photo album. And this one.

14C Painting