Utterly unvaluable. ( )

Dictionary of short biographies of hundreds of Christian saints. Includes maps of pilgrimage sites and calendar of saint's feast days. Very readable!

Praised as "splendid" (The Economist) and "the kind of book that gives hagiography a good name" (The Times), this entertaining and authoritative dictionary breathes life into its subjects and is as browsable as it is informative. First published in 1978, the Oxford Dictionary of Saints offersmore than 1,700 fascinating and informative entries covering the lives, cults, and artistic associations of saints from around the world. Ranging from the famous to the obscure, the rich to the poor, and the academic to the uneducated, the saints profiled here come from all walks of life, from all
periods of history, and from around the world, reflecting a wide variety of personalities and achievements.

APPENDICES (UNSUCCESSFUL ENGLISH CANDIDATES FOR CANONIZATION; PRINCIPAL PATRONAGES; PRINCIPAL ICONOGRAPHICAL EMBLEMS); INDEX OF PLACES; CALENDAR OF FEASTS