Picture Study & Liturgical Living Synchronization – February

In progress

2 February – Purification of the Blessed Virgin

Ambrogio Lorenzetti’s Purification of the Virgin – Smarthistory, photo.

Goffine’s Devout Instructions on the Epistles and Gospels for the Sundays and Holydays

4 February – Blessed Rabanus Maurus

De Laudibus Sanctae Crucis, Vatican MS Reg. Lat. 124

De Universo, Montecassino MS 132

Lives of the Saints by Sabine Baring-Gould.

22 February – Saint Margaret of Cortona

Story of Saint Margaret of Cortona

The Ecstasy of Margaret of Cortona (17th Century)

Light from the Lowly volume I by Francis Butina. 

24 February – Saint Matthias

16C Altarpiece of Saint Thomas and Matthias

Goffine’s Devout Instructions on the Epistles and Gospels for the Sundays and Holydays

25 February – Saint Walburga

The Miracle of Saint Walburga by Rubens

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

25 January – Saint Apollo of Thebaid

Morgan Library M. 625, folio 43r
The Book of Saints

Modern Hagiography

Bibliotheca Sanctorum

Sanctorale Catholicum

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 by Henry Sebastian Bowden.

Medieval Hagiography

BHL, Supplement

Acta Sanctorum

Art & Architecture

Index of Medieval Art

Portail Biblissima

Saints and their Emblems

25 January – Conversion of Saint Paul

First Bible of Charles the Bald
Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS. gr.699, folio 83v
Conversion de saint Paul by Jean-Baptiste Oudry
Compositions artistiques (about)
La Conversion de S. Paul (The Conversion of St. Paul), January 25th, 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
Libro del Compendio della vita dei santi
Annus Dierum Sanctorum
Cadens in terram audivit vocem dicentem sibi, Saule Saule quid me persequeris?
And falling on the ground, he heard a voice saying to him,  Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
Apostles 9.4
Domine quid me vis facere?
What wilt thou have me to do?
Apostles 9.6
Ad me conversio eius.
His turning is towards me.
Song of Solomon 7.10

Modern Hagiography

Martyrologium Romanum

Roman Martyrology

Sanctorale Catholicum

Lives of the Saints by Alban Butler.

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.

Goffine’s Devout Instructions on the Epistles and Gospels for the Sundays and Holydays

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

Tradition in Action

“Conversion of Saint Paul” by Christina Rossetti (free to borrow with registration).

Biblical Account

In the Book of Acts (and retold here and here).

Medieval Hagiography

The Golden Legend (and illustrations)

Breviarium Romanum – Latin & English

Art & Architecture

Index of Medieval Art
– Dendermonde Font (possible identification)

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, 2016 Plumb.

The most well-known depiction of the story, a painting by Caravaggio (a lesser known version also by Caravaggio).

14C Painting, paired with Noli me tangere

16C Shield

Painting by Pieter Bruegel

Sacred and Legendary Art volume I by Mrs. Jameson.

A Handbook of Christian Symbols and Stories of the Saints as Illustrated in Art by Clara Erskine Clement.

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

Music

Medieval Music Database

Cantus: A Database for Latin Ecclesiastical Chant

Hymn for Conversion of Saint Paul

Devotions

Responsary of Saint Paul in the Raccolta

Meditations for the Use of the Secular Clergy by Pierre Chaignon.

Manna for the Soul: Meditations for Every Day of the Year by Paulo Segneri.

Meditations for All the Days of the Year by M. Hamon.

The Church Seasons Historically and Poetically Illustrated by Alexander H. Grant.

Heortology: A History Of The Christian Festivals From Their Origin To The Present Day by Heinrich Kellner.