OXFORD DICTIONARY OF SAINTS

Revised edition of this highly-acclaimed classic Over 1,700 fully-referenced entries Wide coverage of saints from all eras and backgrounds: from rich to poor, famous to obscure, from academics to the uneducated Covers recently canonized saints, such as the Saints Alphonsa, Marcellin Champagnat, Father Damien de Veuster, and Mary MacKillop Featuring maps showing European pilgrimage sites, a calendar of principal feasts, and a new appendix on pilgrimages New to this edition Corrections and updates to the current text, plus new entries on recently canonized saints, including Alphonsa, Marcellin Champagnat, Father Damien de Veuster, and Mary MacKillop Additional appendix on pilgrimages 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. First published in 1978, the Oxford Dictionary of Saints offers more than 1,700 fascinating and informative entries covering the lives, cults, and artistic associations of saints from around the world, 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 and from around the world, the wide varieties of personalities and achievements of the canonized are reflected. An updated introduction explains the steps towards becoming a saint, the processes of beatification and canonization. This revised fifth edition includes appendices containing five maps of pilgrimage sites, a list of saints' patronages and iconographical emblems, and a calendar of principal feasts, as well as a new appendix on pilgrimages. Readership: Specialists in religion and hagiography, students of theology, practising theologians, historians, art historians, and general readers.