A comprehensive biographical dictionary of saints canonised by the Roman Catholic Church. It contains the names of over 10,000 saints, including all modern ones, with significant information about their lives and achievements. There are illustrations showing the saints as identifiable individuals, and the volume includes a list of national martyrs, a bibliography, a glossary, and list of relevant Web sites.
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"An excellent source of biographical information on the saints...This edition is a very up-to-date resource which contains entries for all who have been canonized or beatified by the Church to date...Libraries will want this exceptional book to modernize their reference collections on the saints."
Catholic Library World
"...'a comprehensive biographical dictionary' edited by Basil Watkins OSB, has a hundred illustrations and ten thousand saints. If sanctity could be purchased or pondered by pounds and ounces, this book is twice the bargain..."-- Philip C. Fischer, Review for Religious, Vol. 66, 2007 (Review For Religious )
“…’a comprehensive biographical dictionary’ edited by Basil Watkins OSB, has a hundred illustrations and ten thousand saints. If sanctity could be purchased or pondered by pounds and ounces, this book is twice the bargain…”– Philip C. Fischer, Review for Religious, Vol. 66, 2007 (, ) --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
Catholic Library World
"...'a comprehensive biographical dictionary' edited by Basil Watkins OSB, has a hundred illustrations and ten thousand saints. If sanctity could be purchased or pondered by pounds and ounces, this book is twice the bargain..."-- Philip C. Fischer, Review for Religious, Vol. 66, 2007 (Review For Religious )
“…’a comprehensive biographical dictionary’ edited by Basil Watkins OSB, has a hundred illustrations and ten thousand saints. If sanctity could be purchased or pondered by pounds and ounces, this book is twice the bargain…”– Philip C. Fischer, Review for Religious, Vol. 66, 2007 (, ) --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
About the Author
Dom Basil Watkins is based at St. Augustine's Abbey, Ramsgate, Kent, UK.
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