THE BOOK OF SAINTS

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Dom Basil Watkins is based at St. Augustines Abbey Ramsgate Kent UK.Authoritative biographical materials on over 10000 saintsAdditional features: glossary list of websites list of national martyrs (global)Fully revised from 7th edition (2002)Dom Basil Watkins has edited this work on behalf of the Benedictine Monks of St. Augustines Abbey Chilworth (formerly Ramsgate) UK.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 10000 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. Augustines 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.A cromprehensive biographical dictionary of saints canonised by the Roman Catholic Church.List of IllustrationsIntroductionAbbreviationsSaints: entries A to ZBibliographyList of WebsitesGlossaryList of National MartyrsAn excellent source of biographical information on the saints... which contains entries for all who have been canonized or beatified by the Church to date... Libraries will want this exceptional book to modernize their reference collections on the saints.The eighth edition entirely revised and reset of an invaluable reference work....a comprehensive biographical dictionary edited by Basil Watkins OSB... if sanctity could be purchased or pondered by pounds and ounces this book is twice the bargain...A useful reference work for anyone who teaches theology or religious studies for members of the clergy for monasteries and reliigous houses and for those interested in Christian history... this is a standard reference work now brought up to date to reflect more recent developments in the Church and in scholarship.The current edition of this work which records the biographies of Catholic saints introduces new information while building on its numerous predecessors (the first edition was published in 1921 the seventh in 2002) Integration of the Churchs two liturgical calendrical sources for the first time in English and the inclusion of deleted entries from past works along with the reasons for this action make this full revision the authoritative compendium without peer useful for all those dealing with church history. Summing Up: Essential. Advanced undergraduates through researchers/faculty: general readers: professionals/practitioners.

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