The Oxford dictionary of saints / David Hugh Farmer.
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TextSeries: Oxford paperback referencePublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.Edition: 5th ed. RevDescription: xxiii, 496 p. : maps ; 20 cmISBN: - 0199596603 (pbk)
- 9780199596607 (pbk)
- Saints
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Praised as "splendid" (The Economist) and "the kind of book that gives hagiography a good name" (The Times), this entertaining and authoritative dictionary breathes life into its subjects and is as browsable as it is informative. First published in 1978, the Oxford Dictionary of Saints offers more than 1,700 fascinating and informative entries covering the lives, cults, and artistic associations of saints from around the world. Ranging from the famous to the obscure, the rich to the poor, and the academic to the uneducated, the saints profiled here come from all walks of life, from all periods of history, and from around the world, reflecting a wide variety of personalities and achievements. This revised fifth edition includes appendices containing maps of pilgrimage sites, a list of saints' patronages and iconographical emblems, and a calendar of principal feasts.
Includes index.
Previous ed.: 2003.
Provides information about the lives of saints, arranged alphabetically by Christian name up to 1500 and by surname after that date; including all English saints, saints who inspired a notable cult, significant saints of Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, and saints who are important to the history of the Christian church.