27 August – Saint Joseph Calasanz

Modern Hagiography Roman Martyrology Lives of the Saints by Alban Butler. The Liturgical Year by Dom Guéranger. Character Calendar Pictorial Lives of the Saints Miniature Lives Of The Saints For Every Day In The Year by Henry Sebastian Bowden. Stories of the Saints Third Series by Mary Seymour. “Hymn in Praise of Joseph Calasanctius” by EdwardContinue reading “27 August – Saint Joseph Calasanz”

31 May – Saint Angela Merici

Modern Hagiography Roman Martyrology Lives of the Saints by Sabine Baring-Gould. The Liturgical Year by Dom Guéranger. Character Calendar  La vie des saints  Longer form biography  by Irene Mahoney.  See also her Portraits of Angela. Writings of the Saint Regula, Ricordi, Legati (in Italian). Art & Architecture Vatican Founder Statue “Image as Relic: Moretto’s FuneraryContinue reading “31 May – Saint Angela Merici”

15 May – Saint Jean-Baptiste de la Salle

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8 April – Saint Julie Billiart

Modern Hagiography The Holiness of the Church in the Nineteenth Century: Saintly Men and Women of Our Own Times by Constantine Kempf. Writings of Saint Julie Billiart The Educational Ideals of Blessed Julie Billiart (including a brief biography) Maxims of Saint Julie Billiart (in French, other primary source documents also in Appendix) Consecration made by SaintContinue reading “8 April – Saint Julie Billiart”

31 January – Saint John Bosco

Modern Hagiography The Holiness of the Church in the Nineteenth Century: Saintly Men and Women of Our Own Times by Constantine Kempf. Don Bosco’s Last Years, His Last Illness and Saintly Death from Eyewitness Accounts Breviarium Romanum – Latin. Writings of Saint John Bosco Documenta Catholica Omnia A collection of Don Bosco’s writings from theContinue reading “31 January – Saint John Bosco”

4 January – Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton

Modern Hagiography The Holiness of the Church in the Nineteenth Century: Saintly Men and Women of Our Own Times by Constantine Kempf. Her life by Father Lovasik (free to borrow with registration). A longer life by Jeanne Marie Grunwell. Writings of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Memoir, Letters and Journal of Elizabeth Ann Seton Art &Continue reading “4 January – Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton”

9 December – Saint Peter Fourier

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