The Oxford Dictionary of Saints

The Oxford Dictionary of Saints
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Publisher : OUP Oxford
Total Pages : 875
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ISBN-10 : 9780191579523
ISBN-13 : 0191579521
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Book Synopsis The Oxford Dictionary of Saints by : David Hugh Farmer

Download or read book The Oxford Dictionary of Saints written by David Hugh Farmer and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2004-07-22 with total page 875 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is far more than a dry hagiographical account of the lives of saints. This entertaining and authoritative dictionary breathes life into its subjects and is as browsable as it is informative. Critically acclaimed in its many editions, the dictionary is now reissued into the rebranded best-selling Oxford Paperback Reference series. The entries are concise accounts of the lives, cults, and artistic associations of over 1,400 saints, from the famous to the obscure, the rich to the poor, and the academic to the uneducated. From all walks of life and from all periods of history, the wide varieties of personalities and achievements of the canonized are reflected. Featuring maps of pilgrimage sights in Europe and fully updated appendices, this remains the standard reference paperback in its field. Recently-added saints include the Martyrs of Korea, Vietnam, and the Spanish Civil War, Andrew of Crete, and Emily Rodat, a female hermit of the 7th century. There are also more Scottish and Irish saints, and ancient Welsh saints; more European saints from all centuries, as well as more saints from Eastern Europe; more recently canonized saints and female saints from the USA.


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