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- What Is a Saint? An explanation of sainthood and how a person becomes a saint in the Catholic Church.
- Domestic-Church Saint Profiles Dozens of profiles of saints, and activities written for young, middle, and older children.
- Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints Book edited by John Gilmary Shea, published in 1894. Short illustrated biographies of a saint for each day of the year. You can also browse an alphabetical list.
- The Legends of the Saints: An Introduction to Hagiography Full text of the 1907 edition of a book by Hippolyte Delehaye, about medieval hagiography. 517K.
- Medieval Sourcebook: Saints' Lives Ancient, Byzantine, and medieval hagiographic original texts, in translation and otherwise, with basic data on the cult of saints, emphasis on historical understanding of the texts. [Note: the word "cult" is a technical term referring to the religious practices surrounding devotion to saints.]
- Catholic Encyclopedia: Legends of the Saints The legenda are stories about the saints, and often include a mix of historical fact and unhistorical embellishments.
- For All the Saints Short biographies, and some images, of thousands of saints. Alphabetical index, index by feast day, lists of saints associated with France and Italy.
- YourSaints.com Saint-of-the-month essay, FAQ.
- Saints Alive Images of relics from around the world. Some lists of saints and beati and their areas of patronage. Promotes the book "International Crusade for Holy Relics."
- Société des Bollandistes Provides information on the society, which consists of a team of specialists devoted to hagiographical research (Latin, Greek, and Oriental), and also links to relevant sites.
- The Golden Legend A very popular medieval book of saints' lives, written between 1260 and 1275 by Jacobus de Voragine.
- Patron Saints Index Profiles of over 2000 saints and beati. Browse by name or by topic. Sanctoral calendar, time line, FAQs, images.
- Catholic Online: Saints & Angels Large searchable database of information on Catholic saints and angels.
- Military Martyrs Information on various soldier saints. Includes early martyrologies translated into English.
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