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Illustrated profile of the patron saint of adopted children.
Biographical sketch of the exiled pope. In the 11th edition (1911).
From Alban Butler's Lives of the Saints.
Describes Cyprian's role in the face of persecution, his exhortations to lay aside the fear of death, and his eventual martyrdom.
Essay on his life and character. With prayer in traditional and contemporary language.
Traditional account. Includes troparion.
From Alban Butler's Lives of the Saints.
An unflattering portrait of the pope. In the 11th edition (1911).
From Alban Butler's Lives of the Saints.
Also known as the Betha Decclain. Full-length hagiography, written in the eighth or ninth century.
Profile.
Also called Edmund of Abingdon (for his birthplace). Profile.
About St. Erasmus, and St. Elmo's fire.
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.