Modern Hagiography
Bibliotheca Sanctorum – should be at Vittorico, Fusciano, e Genziano, but not found
Lives of the Saints by Alban Butler.
Lives of the Saints by Sabine Baring-Gould.
Medieval Hagiography
BHL – Gentian, Fuscian, Victoricus
The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity Database
Art & Architecture
POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine
Église des Saints-Fuscien-Victoric-et-Gentien-de-Sains-en-Amiénois
Music
Modern Hagiography
Lives of the Saints by Alban Butler.
Lives of the Saints by Sabine Baring-Gould.
The Liturgical Year by Dom Guéranger.
The Lives of the Saints by Francis Weninger.
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.
The lives of saints, with other feasts of the year, according to the Roman calendar by Peter Ribadeneira.
Contemporary Hagiography
The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity Database
Jerome included brief mention of Pope Damasus in his De viris illustribus.
You can also read the Life of Pope Damasus in the Liber pontificalis. The lives, however, were not contemporary at this date, but were surely using earlier sources.
Breviarium Romanum – Latin & English
Writings by and to Damasus
Damasus wrote many epigrams. Here they are in Latin. They have recently been translated into English, and although not in the public domain for many years, you can actually see quite a bit of it in the Amazon preview.
Here is an epitaph that Damasus wrote for her sister. It is here only in Latin, but with some translation helps. Damasus wrote a hymn to Saint Agatha, here in English, which can also be read on her Feast Day, and a hymn to Andrew.
Jerome served as his papal secretary and you can read this letter from Jerome to Damasus. Jerome also addressed his preface to his translation of the Gospels into Latin (the Vulgate) to Pope Damasus.
Damasus presided over the Council of Rome in 382 which issued the Canon of Sacred Scripture, also know as the Decree of Damasus, listing the books agreed upon as Scripture. Here it is in extended form, as the Decretum Gelasianum in 492.
Art & Architecture
Catalogo generale dei beni culturali
POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine
Medieval Religion Listserv – 2016 Dillon.
The Saints in Art with Their Attributes and Symbols, Alphabetically Arranged by Margaret E. Tabor.
Music
For the first Friday, I recommended a French song, and today, the second Friday, I will recommend two German songs, Lutheran in origin, but close to the Biblical text and in common use today among Catholics (although perhaps not Traditional ones).
First, Wachtet auf! Ruft uns die Stimme, on which a Bach cantata is based. It was sung on the First Sunday of Advent at Saint Patrick’s in New York in 2020 and has been included among Catholic Advent playlists, including this one and this one.
The Wikipedia Entry on the Hymn & the Wikipedia Entry on the Bach Cantata
Text and Translations at Hymns and Carols of Christmas
Second, Macht hoch die Tür, from Psalm 23. It is included in Gotteslob, a hymnal for German-speaking Catholics.
Text and Translations at Hymns and Carols of Christmas
And a recording of the the chant that preceded the song, Tollite portas
Nihil sub sole novum 