Christianity

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.

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.