Butler's Lives of the Saints: Concise Edition, Revised and Updated – The Authoritative Reference on Christian Patron Biographies - Softcover

Walsh, Michael

 
9780060692995: Butler's Lives of the Saints: Concise Edition, Revised and Updated – The Authoritative Reference on Christian Patron Biographies
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0060692995 ISBN 13: 9780060692995
Verlag: HarperOne, 1991

Inhaltsangabe

For more than two centuries, Butler's Lives of the Saints has been hailed as the authority on the Christian patron saints. Now, in this new edition of the original classic, Michael Walsh has culled the ruch resources of earlier editions to accentuate the more modern and best-documented saints. Echoing the charm and style of the eighteenth-century edition, Walsh's volume has been edited to make the fascinating and inspiring lives of the saints easily accessible to readers today. This edition features saints from many nations and backgrounds and includes new articles on recently canonized saints. The index offers the list of saints from the complete edition, and includes all new canonizations and new dates, making it eh most up-to-date listing of saints available. Butlter's Lives of the Saints remains a remarkable reference source and, through its comprehensive biographies, a valuable aid to devotion and a rich source of historical information.

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Michael Walsh is the author of The Triumph of the Meek and editor of Butler's Lives of the Patron Saints.

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For more than two centuries, Butler's Lives of the Saints has been hailed as the authority on the Christian patron saints. Now, in this new edition of the original classic, Michael Walsh has culled the ruch resources of earlier editions to accentuate the more modern and best-documented saints. Echoing the charm and style of the eighteenth-century edition, Walsh's volume has been edited to make the fascinating and inspiring lives of the saints easily accessible to readers today. This edition features saints from many nations and backgrounds and includes new articles on recently canonized saints. The index offers the list of saints from the complete edition, and includes all new canonizations and new dates, making it eh most up-to-date listing of saints available. Butlter's Lives of the Saints remains a remarkable reference source and, through its comprehensive biographies, a valuable aid to devotion and a rich source of historical information.

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Verlag
HarperOne
Erscheinungsdatum
1991
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0060692995
ISBN 13 
9780060692995
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Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
504
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