Butler's Lives of the Saints: Concise Edition, Revised and Updated

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Donald Attwater (24 December 1892–30 January 1977) was a British Catholic author, editor and translator, and a visiting lecturer at the University of Notre Dame. Great for a daily meditation; each life is followed by a "lesson" from the life to help us apply the virtues of the Saint to ourselves. At first I would only read the saint of that particular day, evently I wanted to get through it and worked my way steadily from one end to the other. Thousands were converted to the Catholic faith because these Saints lived like the Christ they taught about.

The first edition of Butler's Lives of the Saints was written by Alban Butler between 1756 and 1759. But considering that 20th Century Popes have created more Saints than the Popes of all previous centuries combined, this work is desperately in need of updating. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.Readers will find information on such well-known saints as Ignatius of Antioch and Catherine of Siena, as well as lesser-known saints such as St. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. How lovely on the mountains Are the feet of him who brings good news, Who announces peace And brings good news of happiness, Who announces salvation, And says to Zion, "Your God reigns!

Therefore My people shall know My name; therefore in that day I am the one who is speaking, 'Here I am.It was founded in 1999 from the Abbey of Our Lady of Fontgombault in France and is located in the Diocese of Tulsa, Oklahoma. This substantial hardback book, beautifully illustrated with black and white etchings, is the perfect solution for so many Catholics anxious to get reacquainted with the lives of the saints, but who have too little time to read more thorough biographies. I can't really recommend this book, but suggest you give it a look when I see you all at the holidays! Clear Creek became an abbey in 2010 and counts 55 monks, who devote themselves to God alone in the hidden life, in silence and solitude, in constant prayer and willing penance.

Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH).Father Alban Butler was born in 1710, at Appletree, Northamptonshire, the second son of Simon Butler, Esq. First published more than 200 years ago, Butler's Lives of the Saints' original purpose remains the basic inspiration for this revision: ". Addeddate 2012-08-19 09:25:36 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier ButlersLivesOfTheSaintsCompleteEdition Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t1pg2w67p Ocr ABBYY FineReader 8. Lives Of The Saints With Reflections for Every Day in the Year COMPILED FROM THE "LIVES OF THE SAINTS" BY REV. This edition features saints from many nations and backgrounds and includes new articles on recently canonized saints.

It was at Douai that he began his principal work The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs and Other Principal Saints. Butler's became an immediate hit and held the field until the appearance of the second edition in 1956. The pontificate of Pope John Paul II has produced an unprecedented wealth of beatifications and canonizations.The index offers the list of saints from the complete edition, and includes all new canonizations and new dates, making it eh most up-to-date listing of saints available. While these 1,458 entries are composed from a distinctly 18th-century Catholic perspective, Alban’s syntheses of multitudinous histories result in an enlightenment of the ecclesiastical side of Western cultural development, with particular emphasis on the early Christian era.