12 December – Saint Finnian of Clonard

Modern Hagiography

Bibliotheca Sanctorum

Martyrologium Romanum

A Menology of England and Wales

Lives of the Saints by Alban Butler.

Lives of the Saints by Sabine Baring-Gould.

Pictorial Lives of the Saints

“Saint Finnian of Clonard” by John M. Thunder from the Irish Ecclesiastical Record (volume 13, 1892).

Medieval Hagiography

BHL

The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity Database

Book of Lismore

Art & Architecture

Index of Medieval Art

Baptismal font in church of St. Finian, Clonard

Saints and their Emblems

Music of Advent, Day 14, Second Saturday – Alma Redemptoris

The Marian antiphone for Advent. Read more about it here.

The Wikipedia Entry

Recording of the Chant

Chant School Podcast Ep. 8: Learn to Sing Alma Redemptoris Mater (Simple Tone)

Chant School Podcast Ep 9: Learn to Sing Alma Redemptoris Mater (Solemn Tone)

Recording of a setting by Palestrina

Recording of a setting by Marc-Antoine Charpentier & another

11 December – Saint Daniel the Stylite

Nea Moni
see also
Annus Dierum Sanctorum
Columna ut requies.
A pillar of rest.
Ecclesiasticus 36.24
Thronus meus in columna.
My throne is in a pillar.
Ecclesiasticus 24.7
Sta pulchre et generose.

Modern Hagiography

Bibliotheca Sanctorum

Martyrologium Romanum

Roman Martryology

Lives of the Saints by Alban Butler.

Lives of the Saints by Sabine Baring-Gould.

Medieval Hagiography

BHL Supplement

The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity Database

Life of Daniel the Stylite

Art & Architecture

Index of Medieval Art

Menologion of Basil II (about)

Saints and their Emblems

The Saints in Art by Joseph Maria von Radowitz.