The Penguin Dictionary of Saints
The Penguin Dictionary of Saints
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Zusammenfassung
This reference work gives an account of the lives and legends of over 750 of the most notable saints as well as many of those who are less well-known.
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The Penguin Dictionary of Saints by Donald Attwater
This reference work gives an account of the lives and legends of over 750 of the most notable saints as well as many of those who are less well-known.
Hippolyte Delehaye (Author)
Hippolyte Delehaye was a Belgian Jesuit and a hagiographical scholar, as well as a member of the Society of Bollandists. He became president of the society in 1912. His research was focused on gathering and evaluating historical documentary sources regarding the life and cult of Christian Saints. He was an editor of the Bibliotheca Hagiographica Graeca in 1895 and of the journal Analecta Bollandiana. He published four books including Les L�gendes hagiographiques and Les Origines de culte des martyrs. Donald Attwater (Translator)
Donald Attwater was a British Catholic author, editor and translator. He was also a visiting lecturer at the University of Notre Dame. He was a frequent contributor to the Catholic press in England and America in the 1940s and 1950s. He also authored fourteen books focused on Christian themes, including A Dictionary of Mary, The Cell of Good Living, and Saints Westward. He translated ten publications including Vladimir Solovyov's God, Man, and the Church, and Nikolai Berdyaev's The End of Our Time.
Hippolyte Delehaye was a Belgian Jesuit and a hagiographical scholar, as well as a member of the Society of Bollandists. He became president of the society in 1912. His research was focused on gathering and evaluating historical documentary sources regarding the life and cult of Christian Saints. He was an editor of the Bibliotheca Hagiographica Graeca in 1895 and of the journal Analecta Bollandiana. He published four books including Les L�gendes hagiographiques and Les Origines de culte des martyrs. Donald Attwater (Translator)
Donald Attwater was a British Catholic author, editor and translator. He was also a visiting lecturer at the University of Notre Dame. He was a frequent contributor to the Catholic press in England and America in the 1940s and 1950s. He also authored fourteen books focused on Christian themes, including A Dictionary of Mary, The Cell of Good Living, and Saints Westward. He translated ten publications including Vladimir Solovyov's God, Man, and the Church, and Nikolai Berdyaev's The End of Our Time.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780140511239 |
| ISBN 10 | 0140511237 |
| Titel | The Penguin Dictionary of Saints |
| Autor | Donald Attwater |
| Serie | Penguin Reference |
| Buchzustand | Nicht verfügbar |
| Bindungsart | Paperback |
| Verlag | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 1983-10-27 |
| Seitenanzahl | 352 |
| Hinweis auf dem Einband | Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden. |
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