
The Oxford Dictionary of Saints, Fifth Edition Revised
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David Farmer(Author)
Oxford University Press
Published on 14. April 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
528 pages
978-0-19-959660-7 (ISBN)
Description
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.
First published in 1978, the Oxford Dictionary of Saints offers more than 1,700 fascinating and informative 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. From all walks of life and from all periods of history and from around the world, the wide varieties of personalities and achievements of the canonized are reflected. An updated introduction explains the steps towards becoming a saint, the processes of beatification and canonization.
This revised fifth edition includes appendices containing five maps of pilgrimage sites, a list of saints' patronages and iconographical emblems, and a calendar of principal feasts, as well as a new appendix on pilgrimages.
First published in 1978, the Oxford Dictionary of Saints offers more than 1,700 fascinating and informative 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. From all walks of life and from all periods of history and from around the world, the wide varieties of personalities and achievements of the canonized are reflected. An updated introduction explains the steps towards becoming a saint, the processes of beatification and canonization.
This revised fifth edition includes appendices containing five maps of pilgrimage sites, a list of saints' patronages and iconographical emblems, and a calendar of principal feasts, as well as a new appendix on pilgrimages.
Reviews / Votes
fact-packed, readable publication * Methodist Recorder * It is a fascinating book and highly readable * Gazette and Herald * the best compact reference book on the subject * Church of England Newspaper *More details
Series
Edition
Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
None
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
557 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-959660-7 (9780199596607)
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E-Book
01/2011
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Previous edition

David Hugh Farmer
The Oxford Dictionary of Saints
Book
07/2004
Oxford University Press
€13.61
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Person
David Hugh Farmer, formerly Reader in History at Reading University, is the author or editor of nine books. One of these was 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. Others have been in the related fields of monasticism, Bede and his age, and medieval spirituality.