David Hugh Farmer
The Oxford Dictionary of Saints (Oxford Paperback Reference)
This dictionary has been fully updated and revised with over 100 new saints. The entries are concise accounts of the lives, cults and artistic associations of over 1400 saints, 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, the wide varieties of personalities and achievements of the canonized are reflected. New saints include the Martyrs of Korea, Vietnam and the Spanish Civil War, Andrew of Crete and Emily Rodat, a female hermit of the 7th century.
About the Author
David Hugh Farmer retired as Reader in History at Reading University in 1988. His books include Magna Vita Sancti Hugonis: The Life of St Hugh of Lincoln by Adam of Eynsham, which he edited with Decima L. Douie for the Oxford Medieval Texts series.
Daily Telegraph
"an essential reference work for anyone interested in the subject"
The Times
"this delightful array of the good and the incredible is the sort of thing that gives hagiography a good name"
Guardian
"excellent and readable ... A holy dip that's much more pleasant than baptism."
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