The Saints: A Concise Biographical Dictionary
Type
Book
Authors
Category
Catholic Saints
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Publication Year
1958
Publisher
Guild Press, Inc., United States
Pages
816
Description
". . . surely the worthiest assembly of brief lives of the saints published so far in any language." America
The Saints is the product of a distinguished galaxy of theologians and Bible scholars, historians, scientists, novelists and psychiatrists. These differing outlooks, united in a common Faith, combine to produce a stimulating book and a major reference tool.
Among the noted contributors are:
Christopher Hollis
Sir Arnold Lunn
Alan Pryce-Jones
Evelyn Waugh
Rev. C.C. Martindale, S.J.
Margaret Trouncer
E.I. Watkin
Alice Curtayne
The contributors have attempted to describe what is interesting, wonderful and important in the lives of the saints. Care and accuracy is the hallmark. Unsubstantiated legend and tradition are avoided. Entries on over 2200 saints are in this book, including those canonized during the reigns of Popes John XXIII and Paul VI. There is also a complete calendar of feast days.
For the first time this superior lives of the saints, with its magnificent writing and research, is available in a handsome pocket edition for reference, study and inspiration.
Taken from the back cover.
The Saints is the product of a distinguished galaxy of theologians and Bible scholars, historians, scientists, novelists and psychiatrists. These differing outlooks, united in a common Faith, combine to produce a stimulating book and a major reference tool.
Among the noted contributors are:
Christopher Hollis
Sir Arnold Lunn
Alan Pryce-Jones
Evelyn Waugh
Rev. C.C. Martindale, S.J.
Margaret Trouncer
E.I. Watkin
Alice Curtayne
The contributors have attempted to describe what is interesting, wonderful and important in the lives of the saints. Care and accuracy is the hallmark. Unsubstantiated legend and tradition are avoided. Entries on over 2200 saints are in this book, including those canonized during the reigns of Popes John XXIII and Paul VI. There is also a complete calendar of feast days.
For the first time this superior lives of the saints, with its magnificent writing and research, is available in a handsome pocket edition for reference, study and inspiration.
Taken from the back cover.
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