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

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

22 January – Saint Anastasius of Persia

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.

Character Calendar

Pictorial Half Hours with the Saints by Auguste François Lecanu.

Miniature Lives of the Saints for Every Day of the Year

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

La vie des saints

Medieval Hagiography

BHL, Supplement

The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity Database

Breviarium Romanum – Latin & English

Acta Sanctorum

Art & Architecture

Index of Medieval Art

Catalogo generale dei beni culturali

BeWeB

Portail Biblissima

POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine

Vatican Colonnade

Santi Vincenzo e Anastasio alle Tre Fontane, fresco of miracle

Post-Biblical Saints Art Index

185 – Oratorio dei Santi Vincenzo e Anastasio of the Contrada Sovrana dell’Istrice in Siena – see also, but only mention of 18th C. monochromatic fresco

Saints and their Emblems

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

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

22 January – Saint Vincent of Saragossa

Annus Dierum Sanctorum
Probasti nos Deus igne nos examinasti sicut examinatus argentum.
Thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us by fire, as silver is tried.
Psalm 65.10

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.

Character Calendar

Pictorial Lives of the Saints

La vie des saints 

La vie des saints

Victories of the Martyrs by Saint Alphonsus Liguori. 

Stories of the Saints for Children.  The Black Letter Saints by Mrs. Molesworth. 

Stories of the Saints Third Series by Mary Seymour.

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

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.

Contemporary & Medieval Hagiography

BHL, Supplement

Acta Sanctorum

The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity Database

Breviarium Romanum – Latin & English

“The Passion of Saint Vincent the Martyr” in Prudentius’s Peristephanon.

Sermons 274 to 277A by Augustine

The Golden Legend (and illustrations)

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 Dillon1, 2016 Dillon2, 2016 Plumb.

At the Prado (first four)

Vatican Colonnade

The Mausoleum of Galla Placidia in Ravenna with its mosaic most likely of Saint Vincent.

Basilica of San Vincenzo a Galliano, B&W Photographs, some color photographs (above)

15C Painting

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

Caractéristiques des saints dans l’art populaire by Charles Cahier – anges, barque, carde, charbons ardents, corbeau, loup, meule, serpe.

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.

Sacred Symbols in Art by Elizabeth Edwards Goldsmith.

Music

Medieval Music Database

Cantus: A Database for Latin Ecclesiastical Chant