Guide to the Saints

by Kristin White

Book Overview

Concise and comprehensive, A GUIDE TO THE SAINTS is a handy alphabetized reference covering over 320 Christian saints. From Saint Adelaide to Saint Zita, each listing is an excellent, distilled source of information and insight on the varied lives and continuing traditions that honor these holy personages from the early days of the Church through our own century. A GUIDE TO THE SAINTS begins with an invaluable introduction outlining the canonization...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804108803
• ISBN13: 9780804108805
• Release Date: February 1992
• Publisher: Ivy Books
• Length: 406 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.3" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

An Excellent Concise Guide.

"A Guide to the Saints" is well organized and provides a concise and pithy summary of the key aspects of the lives of over 300 saints.The reader does not have to be religious to use and enjoy this book. It is very helpful in understanding and appreciating art and history - to learn who the saints are that appear in so many paintings and books, and what they did. Also, people who are interested in the derivation of their names can - in many cases - trace them back to a saint. In a number of countries, it is obligatory to give a child a saint's name.