Saints

Short hagiography. With prayer in traditional and contemporary language.

Biographical profile.

Biographical paragraph on the pope.

Brief profile, from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.

From Butler's Lives of the Saints.

A two-part homily delivered on successive days by St. Gregory of Nyssa, in praise of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste.

Short biography.

From the book "Lives of Saints," published by John J. Crawley.

Excerpts from the First and Second lives of St. Francis, with commentary by David Burr.

Long hagiography, by Terry Matz.

The "Fioretti" or "little flowers" are a collection of beloved stories about St. Francis and the early days of the Order, preserved by the "Spiritual" Franciscans. Also available for download in plain text, zip, or RTF formats.

Illustrated profile.

Profile of the saint. With links.

Short biography by Joseph Brusher.

Profile of this theologian. With prayer in traditional and contemporary language.

Article on the Holy Innocents, by Basil Arrick.

R.W. Morrell bought a 1910 postcard which allegedly depicted the well where Hugh's body was found. The building still stands, but the well shown on the postcard was a hoax.

Illustrated profile, with links.

Short biography.

The story of this early bishop of Lyons. Suitable for older children.

Short biographical paragraph.

Tries to sort out the various men named James in the New Testament. With prayer in traditional and contemporary language.

Seventeenth-century painting by Artemisia Gentileschi.

Illustrated profile.

From the book "Lives of Saints," published by John J. Crawley.

Illustrated profile of the Christian saint.

Profile.

Biographical profile. With prayer in traditional and contemporary language.

By Leontius, John Moschus, and Sophronius. Elizabeth Dawes translation, with introduction by Norman H. Baynes. From the book "Three Byzantine Saints".

Biography. Illustrated with a portrait by El Greco.

Brief biography.

Short biography.

From the book "Lives of Saints," published by John J. Crawley.

Apocryphal, purports to be by Joseph of Arimathea. From the Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 8, American edition. In HTML, with notes, at Christian Classics Ethereal Library.

Four-page article by N. Bonwetsch on the life and teachings of Justin Martyr, including his Logos Christology. Also has an extensive bibliography. The HTML is readable, but the "image" version (PNG files) is better.

Illustrated profile.

Focuses on his relevance for Christian unity. Includes article examining his role in Catholic and Orthodox Churches.

Short biography.

Illustrated profile. Calls her apocryphal.

Brief, pious hagiography of the patron saint of notaries.

Profile.

Biography, by an unknown hand, of the first non-martyr to be acclaimed a saint.

From the book "Lives of Saints," published by John J. Crawley.

Brief description.

Pious hagiography, at the Saint Benedict Center.

Illustrated profile.

Articles about his life, gift of healing, and martyrdom. Provided by a Coptic monastery dedicated to him.

Essay on the angels in the Bible. Includes prayer in traditional and contemporary language.

Very short biography, illustrated, from the book "The Saints: A Concise Biographical Dictionary."

Short biographical sketch of the patron saint of married women.