The Oxford Dictionary Of Saints Fifth Edition Revised

Author : David Farmer
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199596603
Total Pages : 523 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Dictionary of Saints, Fifth Edition Revised written by David Farmer and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2011-04-14 with total page 523 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The renowned Oxford Dictionary of Saints returns in a revised and updated form, providing concise accounts of the lives, cults, and artistic associations of over 1,400 saints, from the famous to the obscure. Featuring new entries on recently canonized saints from around the world, and a new appendix on pilgrimages.

Author : David Hugh Farmer
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780192800589
Total Pages : 547 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Dictionary of Saints written by David Hugh Farmer and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1997 with total page 547 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the famous to the obscure, this book provides concise accounts of the lives, cults, and artistic associations of over 1,300 saints. Fully revised and updated for this new edition, it includes new entries on a number of recently canonized saints and a new appendix on patronages,confirming the work's reputation as the standard one-volume work available in English. 'an essential reference work for anyone interested in the subject,' Daily Telegraph 'this delightful array of the good and the incredible is the sort of thing that gives hagiography a good name.' The Times 'he breathes life into his scholarship and has produced a dictionary which makes compulsive reading.' Tablet 'Even those who do not believe in the saints ... will be able to enjoy and to profit from this splendid book.' The Economist 'the usual Oxford Dictionary qualities of authority, succinct wit and an eye for the anecdotal and the bizarre.' Country Life 'excellent and readable ... A holy dip that's much more pleasant than baptism.' Guardian

Author : David Farmer
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Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book The Oxford Dictionary of Saints written by David Farmer and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John J. Delaney
Publisher : Image
ISBN 13 : 0385515200
Total Pages : 722 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dictionary of Saints written by John J. Delaney and published by Image. This book was released on 2005-03-15 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The preeminent resource guide for more than twenty years, this one-of-a-kind book, now available in paperback, has been updated to include those recently canonized and beatified. Since its original publication in 1980, John J. Delaney’s Dictionary of Saints (more than 200,000 copies sold) has become the leading reference book for the scholar and general reader alike. With more than five thousand biographies of the saints—from the well known to the obscure—this new edition brings to life the inspiring accomplishments of these men and women of God. The martyrs and the monks, the mystics and the virgins, the doctors and the peasants are all contained in this essential volume. To know the saints, how they thrived in their achievements, how they lived in destitution, is to meet a fascinating company of people whose actions have influenced and enriched the history of the world. Reset in an easy-to use-format, it contains substantial listings for the more popular saints, and thumbnail sketches for those less well known. From Aaron to Zosimus, this modern dictionary has been updated with the entries for the newly canonized, including Italian mystic Padre Pio, Mexican Nahuatl Juan Diego, Polish Franciscan Maximilian Kolbe, and Americans Katharine Drexel and Rose Philippine Duchesne. It also contains a complete listing of feast days, an index of patron saints, and several other useful appendixes.

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Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book The Oxford dictionary of saints written by and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Emma J Wells
Publisher : The Crowood Press
ISBN 13 : 0719820499
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pilgrim Routes of the British Isles written by Emma J Wells and published by The Crowood Press. This book was released on 2016-08-31 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book leads the modern traveller along seven medieval pilgrim routes of Britain (those with historic origins, rather than modern constructs), taking in world-famous sites such as Canterbury and Lindisfarne in addition to out-of-the-way locations along paths not so widely travelled. Each route guides pilgrims on a journey of discovery. Illustrated throughout with photographs and colour maps, and written by a renowned expert on pilgrimage, Pilgrim Routes of the British Isles provides clear maps and informative commentary on the history of the most significant landscapes, shrines, art and architecture. Although it offers some fresh walking ideas, primary consideration is given to understanding the history, significance and practices surrounding the pilgrim routes and sites of Britain, helping you to follow in the footsteps of our forebears and gain invaluable insights into their medieval world. It will be of great interest to walkers and historians alike. Illustrated with 80 colour photos and 12 maps.

Author : Kanchan Banerjee
Publisher : Prabhat Prakashan
ISBN 13 : 9355212402
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Crash of A Civilization written by Kanchan Banerjee and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2022-07-13 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Current condition of each citizen, the society, and the nation are the result of a deeply complex history. But what we know from history books, especially academic textbooks, are constructs based on the narratives of political powers, colonists, and outdated socioeconomic analysts. The time has come to know and understand our true history from fresh and updated perspectives. The subject of this book is how foreign ideologies and forces Christian, Islamic, and later colonists, western and Marxists' profound and long-term influence have impacted India, her society, and people. With a computer science back- ground, Kanchan Banerjee makes this remarkable and significant contribution, attempting to depict the current era with unique and lively storytelling using carefully studied evidence, logical deduction, and analysis. He has given detailed and comprehensive descriptions and assessments from pre-Islamic Arabia's history, foreign attacks and invasions of the Huns, the Turks to the Islamic rule and occupation in Delhi, and the British colonial and imperial atrocities. How did the crash and fall of a great ancient civilization happen? How has it been wounded the body and soul of a nation to break into several pieces? And what is the way to change the direction to the path of recovery and revival? This book is an effort to find the answers to these questions from our true history. If we know our past, we can change our future as well.

Author : John J. Delaney
Publisher : Image
ISBN 13 : 0307817342
Total Pages : 665 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pocket Dictionary of Saints written by John J. Delaney and published by Image. This book was released on 2012-05-09 with total page 665 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This specially abridged edition of the Dictionary of Saints is a readable, detailed compendium of the facts and fables, legends and lore of the saints venerated by the universal church--1,500 entries in all.

Author : Alban Butler
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book A Dictionary of Saints written by Alban Butler and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Donald Attwater
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780814623244
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A New Dictionary of Saints written by Donald Attwater and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 2,500 principal saints and beatae are catalogued with brief particulars of their lives.