The Book of Saints: A Comprehensive Biographical Dictionary - Softcover

Watkins, Basil

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9780567664563: The Book of Saints: A Comprehensive Biographical Dictionary

Synopsis

Now fully revised and updated The Book of Saints is 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. Each section begins with an illustration of a particular saint, and the volume includes a list of national martyrs, a bibliography, and a helpful glossary.

Produced by the Benedictine monks of St. Augustine's Abbey, Chilworth (formerly Ramsgate) this classic resource is now in its 8th edition, and is fully revised to include all the saints canonised in the last ten years, including Pope St John Paul II and Blessed Paul VI.

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Dom Basil Watkins is based at St. Augustine's Abbey, Ramsgate, Kent, UK.

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ISBN 10:  0567664147 ISBN 13:  9780567664143
Publisher: T&T Clark, 2015
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