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Alban Butler (1710–1773)

Author of Butler's Lives of the Saints: Concise Edition

137 Works 2,309 Members 17 Reviews

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Works by Alban Butler

Lives of the Saints (2011) 9 copies
Heiligenlevens (1991) 6 copies
Vidas dos Santos (2016) 3 copies

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A concise version of the edited and revised classic, with saints arranged by dates on the calendar, one for each day, containing a brief biography of each saint and an index.
 
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PendleHillLibrary | 2 other reviews | Mar 9, 2024 |
First written in the mid-eighteenth century, Butler's Lives of the Saints, now available in a four-volume set was revised in 1956 to include 2,565 saints compared to the original 1,486. Carefully edited Herbert J. Thurston, S.J., and Donald Attwater to retain the charms of Butler's original prose style, this work of devotion and scholarship offers truths central to Christianity and underlying themes of Christian love.
 
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StFrancisofAssisi | 1 other review | Nov 4, 2021 |
First written in the mid-eighteenth century, Butler's Lives of the Saints, now available in a four-volume set was revised in 1956 to include 2,565 saints compared to the original 1,486. Carefully edited Herbert J. Thurston, S.J., and Donald Attwater to retain the charms of Butler's original prose style, this work of devotion and scholarship offers truths central to Christianity and underlying themes of Christian love.
 
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StFrancisofAssisi | 1 other review | Nov 4, 2021 |
First written in the mid-eighteenth century, Butler's Lives of the Saints, now available in a four-volume set was revised in 1956 to include 2,565 saints compared to the original 1,486. Carefully edited Herbert J. Thurston, S.J., and Donald Attwater to retain the charms of Butler's original prose style, this work of devotion and scholarship offers truths central to Christianity and underlying themes of Christian love.
 
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StFrancisofAssisi | 2 other reviews | Nov 4, 2021 |

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Works
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