The Oxford Dictionary of Saints


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Author: David Hugh Farmer ISBN: 9780191579523
Publisher: OUP Oxford Publication: July 22, 2004
Imprint: OUP Oxford Language: English
Author: David Hugh Farmer
ISBN: 9780191579523
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Publication: July 22, 2004
Imprint: OUP Oxford
Language: English
This is far more than a dry hagiographical account of the lives of saints. This entertaining and authoritative dictionary breathes life into its subjects and is as browsable as it is informative. Critically acclaimed in its many editions the dictionary is now reissued into the rebranded best-selling Oxford Paperback Reference series.The entries are concise accounts of the lives cults and artistic associations of over 1400 saints from the famous to the obscure the rich to the poor and the academic to the uneducated. From all walks of life and from all periods of history the wide varieties of personalities and achievements of the canonized are reflected. Featuring maps of pilgrimage sights in Europe and fully updated appendices this remains the standard reference paperback in its field.Recently-added saints include the Martyrs of Korea Vietnam and the Spanish Civil War Andrew of Crete and Emily Rodat a female hermit of the 7th century. There are also more Scottish and Irish saints and ancient Welsh saints; more European saints from all centuries as well as more saints from Eastern Europe; more recently canonized saints and female saints from the USA.
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This is far more than a dry hagiographical account of the lives of saints. This entertaining and authoritative dictionary breathes life into its subjects and is as browsable as it is informative. Critically acclaimed in its many editions the dictionary is now reissued into the rebranded best-selling Oxford Paperback Reference series.The entries are concise accounts of the lives cults and artistic associations of over 1400 saints from the famous to the obscure the rich to the poor and the academic to the uneducated. From all walks of life and from all periods of history the wide varieties of personalities and achievements of the canonized are reflected. Featuring maps of pilgrimage sights in Europe and fully updated appendices this remains the standard reference paperback in its field.Recently-added saints include the Martyrs of Korea Vietnam and the Spanish Civil War Andrew of Crete and Emily Rodat a female hermit of the 7th century. There are also more Scottish and Irish saints and ancient Welsh saints; more European saints from all centuries as well as more saints from Eastern Europe; more recently canonized saints and female saints from the USA.

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