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The Oxford Dictionary of Saints

Searchable database of information taken from the fifth edition of The Oxford dictionary of saints by David Hugh Farmer. Resource contains more than 1,300 entries of saints including those recently canonized.

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  • "Dictionary of Saints"
  • "Dictionary of saints"@en
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  • ""This fully-updated fifth edition features concise accounts of the lives, cults, and artistic associations of saints from the famous and obscure, the rich and poor, the academic and the uneducated. New entries include the Martyrs of Korea, Mexico, and Vietnam, as well as the recently canonized such as Edith Stein, Padre Pio, and Josemaria Escriva. The standard one-volume reference work in the field, this dictionary will delight both specialists and general readers."--Jacket."
  • "Searchable database of information taken from the fifth edition of The Oxford dictionary of saints by David Hugh Farmer. Resource contains more than 1,300 entries of saints including those recently canonized."@en
  • "From the famous to the obscure, this book provides accounts of the lives, cults, and artistic associations of over 1,400 saints."
  • "Searchable database of information taken from the fourth edition of The Oxford dictionary of saints by David Hugh Farmer. Resource contains more than 1,300 entries of saints including those recently canonized."@en
  • "Provides more than 1,700 entries covering the lives, cults, and artistic associations of saints from around the world, from the famous to the obscure, the rich to the poor, and the academic to the uneducated. Includes an updated introduction that explains the steps towards becoming a saint and the processes of beatification and canonization."
  • "Provides information about the lives of saints, arranged alphabetically by Christian name up to 1500 and by surname after that date; including all English saints, saints who inspired a notable cult, significant saints of Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, and saints who are important to the history of the Christian church."@en
  • "From the famous to the obscure, this book provides accounts of the lives, cults, and artistic associations of 1250 saints."@en
  • "Provides concise accounts of the lives, cults, relationships through patronage, and artistic associations of more than a thousand saints, including entries on the Martyrs of Korea, Mexico, and Vietnam, as well as the recently canonized such as Edith Stein, Padro Pio, and Jošmaria Escriva."
  • "This is far more than a dry hagiographical account of the lives of saints. This entertaining and authoritative dictionary breathes life into its subjects and is as browsable as it is informative. Critically acclaimed in its many editions, the dictionary is now reissued into the rebranded best-selling Oxford Paperback Reference series. The entries are concise accounts of the lives, cults, and artistic associations of over 1,400 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 varieti."@en
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  • "The Oxford Dictionary of Saints"@en
  • "The Oxford Dictionary of Saints"
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  • "The Oxford dictionary of saint"
  • "The Oxford dictionary of saints 1700 entries"
  • "Oxford Dictionary of Saints"
  • "The Oxford dictionary of saints"@en
  • "The Oxford dictionary of saints"
  • "The Oxford Dictionary of saints"
  • "The Oxford dictionary of Saints"
  • "Dizionario dei santi"
  • "Dizionario dei santi"@it

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