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Treasury of Saints and Martyrs

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A beautifully illustrated rendition of the lives of the most common Saints. If anything was left out of the history of any particular Saint, the images make up for it. I give it only 4 stars, due to small inaccuracies which should have been worked out with a little more research, and some misleading myths about Catholicism have crept into this work (hopefully by accident), such as the sale of indulgences. A good source of information for anyone wishing to make an introductory trip into the lives of the Saints, and how their example has led others to sanctity.

This book has the attraction of high gloss pages with 1-4 pages per saint, but I would not recommend it for children. It reads more as a historical text than as true stories. It covers 46 different saints. The saints are covered chronologically from Mary and Joseph to Elizabeth Seton (1774-1821). Each saint is covered in 1-2 pages. The pages are 11 1/2 in. by 9 in., much of the space covered with beautiful pictures. The saints under each section heading are as follows:

EARLY DAYS....................ROMAN EMPIRE....................MIDDLE AGES
Mary..................................Antony of Egypt......................Hildegard
Joseph...............................Martin of Tours.......................Thomas a Becket
John the Baptist..................Nicholas.................................Francis of Assissi
Peter.................................Basil.......................................Dominic
Andrew..............................Augustine................................Catherine of Siena
Paul...................................Patrick....................................Thomas Aquinas
Thomas.............................Columba..................................Birgitta of Sweden
James...............................Benedict..................................Joan of Arc
John..................................Gregory the Great....................Ignatius Loyola
Matthew............................Bede.......................................Francis Xavier
Mark.................................Boniface..................................Teresa of Avila
Luke..................................Cyril........................................Martin de Porres
Christopher........................Methodius................................Rose of Lima
Veronica............................Wenceslas...............................Vincent de Paul
Early Martyrs.....................Stanislaus................................Louise de Marillac
.........................................Elizabeth of Hungary.................Elizabeth Seton