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Lives of Saints

Selected and Illustrated

With Excerpts From Their Writings

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Introduction by Father Thomas Plassmann, O.F.M.

Editorial Supervision by Father Joseph Vann, O.F.M.

• Nihil Obstat - John M. A. Fearns, S.T.D., Censor Librorum
• Imprimatur - Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York
• August 7, 1954

Selected Saints:

• Saint Ignatius of Antioch
  • Excerpts from Letters of Ignatius
• Saints Perpetua, Felicitas, and Companions
• Saint Irenaeus (Search)
• Saint Cecilia
• Saint Christopher
• Saint Lucy
• Saint Catherine of Alexandria
• Saint Agnes
• Saint Blaise
• Saint Nicholas of Myra
• Saint Antony of Egypt
• Saint Athanasius
• Saint Monica
• Saint Ambrose
• Saint Martin of Tours
• Saint Jerome
  • Letters to Laeta and Eustochium
• Saint Augustine of Hippo
  • Excerpts from The City of God
• Saint Patrick
  • Lorica
• St. Leo The Great
  • Sermon III: Letter to Flavian
• Saint Benedict
  • Excerpts from Benedicts Rule
• Saint Columbia
  • M'Oenuran
• Saint Gregory The Great
  • Letters to REcared and Abbot Mellitus
• Saint Augustine of Canterbury
  • Correspondence with Pope Gregory I
• Saint Bede
  • PReface to Ecclesiastical History; The Conversion of King Edwin
• Saint Boniface
  • Letters to Eadburga and Archbishop Egbert
• Saint Stephen
• Saint Anselm of Canterbury
  • Excepts from Proslogium
• Saint Berbard of Clairvaux
  • Jesus, Thou Joy of Loving Hearts; Excerpts from The Steps of Humility
• Saint Thomas Becket
  • Letter to All the Clergy of England
• Saint Dominic
• Saint Francis
  • Canticle of the Sun; Will
• Saint Antony of Padua
  • Excerpts from Sermons for the Liturgical Year
• Saint Clara
• Saint Louis
  • Last Instructions to his Eldest Son
• Saint Thomas Aquinas
  • Excerpts from Summa Theologica
• Saint Catherine of Siena
  • Letter to Gregory XI
• Saint Joan of Arc
  • Excerpts from the Trial
• Saint Rita
• Saint Thomas more
  • Consider Well; Excerpts from Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation
• Saint Francis Xaxier
  • Letter to the Society at Rome
• Saint Ignatius of Loyola
  • Excerpts from Spiritual Exercises
• Saint Tereasa of Avila
  • Excerpts from Interior Castle
• Saint Charles Borromeo
• Saint Philip Neri
• Saint Rose of Lima
• Saint Francis De Sales
  • Excepts from Introduction to the Devout Life
• Saint Isaac Jogues
  • Letter to a friend
• Saint Vincent De Paul
  • Letter to Pope Alexander VII
• Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque
• Saint John Baptist De La Salle
• Saint Berbadette Soubirous
• Saint John Bosco
• Saint Therese of Lisieux
• Saint Frances Cabrini
• Saint Michael
• Saint Gabriel
• Saint Anne
• Saint Joachim
• Saint Joseph
• Saint Elizabeth
• Saint Zachary
• Saint John The Baptist
• Saint Stephen
• Saint Judge
• Saint Paul
• Saint Peter
• Saint Pius X
  • Excerpts from II Fermo Proposito

Includes a Calendar of Saints and Index

Illustrations

• Saint Michael and the Dragon By Reni
• The Annunciation
• Instruction of the Virgin
• The Meeting of Joachim and Anna
• The Espousal of the Blessedf Virgin
• The Visitation
• Zacharias Writing the Name of Saint John
• The Baptism of Jesus by Dore
• Saint Stephen By Memling
• Saint Jude Thaddeus By Suter
• Saint Paul By Rembrandt
• Saint Peter's Release from Prison By Raphael
• Saint Cecilia by Dolci
• Saint Christopher by Titian
• The Communion of Saint Lucy By Tiepolo
• The Betrothal of Saint Catherine By Lucas Cranach
• Saint Agnes By Dolci
• Saint Blaise
• Saint Nicholas Bestowing a Dowry by David
• The Meeting of Saint Anthony and Saint Paul By Sassetta
• Saint Martin By Vivarini
• Saint Jerome In his Study By Marinus
• The Vision of Saint Augustine By Botticelli
• Saint Patrick By Suter
• Pope Gregory and the Deacon Peter
• Saint Augustine of Canterbury
• The Vision of Saint Bernard By Filippino Lippi
• Saint Doinic Meditating
• Saint Francis Sermon To The Birds By Giotto
• The Vision of Saint Anthony By Chambers
• Saint Louis, King of France By El Greco
• Saint Thomas Aquinas By Feuerstein
• Saint Catherine Swooning 'By Sodoma
• Joan of Arc, Heroine of France By Ingres
• Saint Rita By Zandrino
• Sir Thomas More By Holbein
• The Death of Saint Francis By Henniger
• The First Vows of Ignatius and His Companions
• Saint Teresa of Avila
• Saint Rosa Limensis
• Saint Francis De Sales
• Saint Isaac Jogues and Companions
• Saint Vincent De Paul
• Our Lady of Lourdes
• Saint John Bosco
• Saint Therese of Lisieux
• Saint Frances Cabrini
• A Miracle of Saint Pius X

Introduction

There will never be too many Lives of the Saints. The reason is because the saints are friends of God; they tell us of God; they bring us nearer to God - and the world does need God. In a sense the saints are common property - an interreligious elite, as it were. They have lived their lives; they have said their say and, even though their words or deeds may hae harred their environment, past or present, the common verdict is in their favor. Even those oputside the Catholic Church cannot but sense an irresistible attraction towards them. And while this attraction may stem from curiosity, it is apt gradually to engender admiration, if not imitation.

For this reason the saints are the best promoters and champions of the Church. Doctrine and cult, morals and discipline, may offer difficulties to the understanding and full appreciation, but when tenets and precepts are seen embodied in flesh and blood, and when mortals behold in one of their own kind as in a mirror the gloy of the Lord, as St. Paul world have it (II Cor. iii, 18), then what might have appeared unbelievable, if not unreasonable, will in time force upon us a clear-cut fait accompli and bring all fantasy from its rarefied atmosphere down to the daily drudgery of human existence.

Usually biographies of saints are limited to dates and outstanding events in their lives. This is in keeping with the age-old proverb, Verbum sonat, exemplum tonat. For examples are more forceful than words, and sainthood is proven by the deeds that follow and substantiate the words spoken or pledges made. Nonetheless, the more observant student is anious to delve into the inner consciousness of the person who has achieved great things and to analyze and coordinate the thoughts and feelings of the soul that found its way from this Valley of Tears to the Mountain of God. To such students the present volume will serve as a welcome aid. The selected excerpts from the writings of certain saints will reveal not only the inner workings of his soul, but will also present a picture of the world in which he lived and moved as well as of his struggles and disappointments, of his triumphs and failures and, lastly, of the wise counsels he left for others.

See also

• Saints (Search for Saints)
• [My Bible Center]

• http://www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/IRENAEUS.htm

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