Saints

Stories about St. Nicholas, for children.

Profile of St. Odilo, the "Archangel of Monks".

From "The Prologue from Ohrid," by St. Nikolai Velimirovitch.

Brief biography of the bishop of Salisbury, edited from Richard John King's "Handbook to the Cathedrals of England: Southern Division."

Short biography of the tenth-century monastic reformer.

Biographical essay.

Translator's biographical notice on St. Pamphilus of Caesarea.

Brief biography of St. Patrick.

A special St. Anthony Messenger feature on the real St. Patrick, and his significance today.

A look at the Apostle and his writings. With prayer in traditional and contemporary language.

Theological perspectives on the apostle with an emphasis on recent developments in understanding Paul's first century context within Judaism.

Official site, contains the Catechesis of the Holy Father, general program, welcoming pilgrims, theme days and ecumenical encounters.

Illustrated profile, with links.

Two paragraphs. Spells the saint's name "Paulinas".

Translated from the Latin. Story of the last great martyr of Egypt under paganism.

Brief biography.

Biography of the patron saint of church singers.

Two Lives of St. Rupert, translated from the Acta Sanctorum. St. Rupert is also called St. Hrodibert.

Very brief biography.

From Alban Butler's Lives of the Saints.

Biography of the early 6th-century Prince of Ceredigion, Abbot of Llandeilo Fawr and Bishop of Glywysing and Gwent.

Life and accomplishments. Includes eleventh century mosaic of the saint.

Brief profile.

The longer of two biographies of the pope at catholic.org.

AmericanCatholic.org article relating the origins and evolution of St. Valentine's Day, along with a short explanation of why the Catholic Church no longer officially celebrates the day.

William E. Klingshirn reviews Judith W. George's 1992 book.

Profile. With prayer in traditional and contemporary language.

Illustrated profile, with links.

Short profile.

Brief note on the patron saint of those who have trouble getting up on time in the morning.

Short biography.

Brief biography.

Anglican perspective. Brief biography, and prayers.

Very brief article, relies strongly on legendary material.

Best remembered for his opposition to the slave trade.

From Butler's Lives of the Saints.

Complete text, in the translation of J.A. Giles. Approximately the first two thirds of this work is about Benedict Biscop.

From Henry Pepwell's little 1521 devotional collection, edited and with notes by Edmund G. Gardner as "The Cell of Self-Knowledge". Extracts from Raymond of Capua's Life of St. Catherine.

Wilson translation, with notes. From the Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 2, American edition.

A fragment of a letter by Dionysius, found in St. Athanasius' De Decretis Nicaenae Synodi. With notes. From the Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 7.

Seven fragments from St. Dionysius the Great's exegetical works. "TOC" link at top of page. From Ante-Nicene Fathers (American edition), vol. 6.

J.B. Morris translation. From the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church, second series, vol. 13. In HTML, with notes, at Christian Classics Ethereal Library.

Franciscan Rule of 1223, translated by David Burr.

Letter written by Pope St. Gelasius I in 494 about the superiority of spiritual power over temporal power.

Translated by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

From the metre poems of St. Gregory Theologus, specifying which books of the Old and New Testament should be read. Accepted as canonical by the Synod in Trullo, also known as Quinisext.

Selected orations. Browne-Swallow translation. From the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church, second series, vol. 7. With notes, and links to contents, previous, next, at Christian Classics Ethereal Library.

"Concerning Almsgiving" and "As You Did It to One of These, You Did It to Me". With an introduction, and translated by Richard McCambly.

St. Gregory's tribute to his beloved sister, who was a great influence on him.

L. Pullan translation. With notes. If you wish to read an introduction, use the link for "previous". From the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church, second series, vol. 9.