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"Historically accurate information on more than 2,000 legendary saints, organized month by month according to the liturgical calendar. Learn the facts about the saints who have inspired masterpieces & given their names to our towns & to us." --provided by Goodreads.
This packed a lot of info into a small book! It goes through the saints alphabetically, giving a brief synopsis of each one's life. At the end, it includes a large list of other saints (I'm a bit confused about these, perhaps most of them are not "official"?) and tells what folks pray to them for.
I am Protestant so did not grow up with all these saints. It was interesting to think how different it might be to be brought up hearing about all the torture and death surrounding a lot of them. It was also interesting to me to learn that some of them had "sinful" or unsavory lives before becoming saint-like. I had thought one had to be 100% saintly!
The list at the back really gets humorous after a while. It reminds me of a pantheon of gods who should solve all your problems. And I suppose that's because I am Protestant and do not have anyone between God/Jesus and me.
This is a fun high level primer on Saints categorized by day. Since I bought it used, it was worth every penny. Really, though, not enough death and violence. ( )
Introductory Note (by Anne Fremantle) -- There is generally too much and too little in Lives of the Saints -- too much pious exegesis, too little about the saint.
St. Agatha (d 251) February 5 We do not possess any entirely reliable information about this martyr, who has been honoured since the most ancient times and whose name has been included in the canon of the Mass.
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St Vincent de Paul (d 1660) July 19th
Since his day it is less easy than before to pass for a Christian without showing an interest in the unfortunate and doing works of charity.
"Historically accurate information on more than 2,000 legendary saints, organized month by month according to the liturgical calendar. Learn the facts about the saints who have inspired masterpieces & given their names to our towns & to us." --provided by Goodreads.
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Concise and inspiring biographies of the most revered saints in history.
Here are the interesting facts and colorful settings of the lives of the saints whom we speak about and to whom we pray, who have provided artists with the subjects of their subjects of their masterpieces, and whose names are born by our cities, our towns, and ourselves.
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I am Protestant so did not grow up with all these saints. It was interesting to think how different it might be to be brought up hearing about all the torture and death surrounding a lot of them. It was also interesting to me to learn that some of them had "sinful" or unsavory lives before becoming saint-like. I had thought one had to be 100% saintly!
The list at the back really gets humorous after a while. It reminds me of a pantheon of gods who should solve all your problems. And I suppose that's because I am Protestant and do not have anyone between God/Jesus and me.
An interesting and enlightening read! (