Sources for Celtic and Old English Saints


Appleton

Anderson, A. O. (tr.). (1961). Adamnan's Life of Saint Columba.

Ansterbery, Jennie. Chad, Bishop and Saint.

Attwater, D. (1983). The Penguin Dictionary of Saints,
2nd edition revised and updated by Catherine Rachel John,
NY: Penguin Books.

Attwater, D. (1958). A Dictionary of Saints.
New York: P. J. Kenedy & Sons.

Baring-Gould, S. (1914). Lives of the Saints.
Edinburgh: John Grant.

Baring-Gould, S. (1882). The Lives of the Saints. 15 volumes.
John Hodges.

Baring-Gould, S. & Fisher, J. (1907). The Lives of the British Saints. 4 volumes.
Charles J Clarke.

Barlow

Barrett, Michale Dom. (1919). A Calendar of Scottish Saints.
Fort Augustus Abbey Press.

Bede. "De Vita et Miraculis S. Cudberti", c. 5; 9, 10; 17, 19, 20. (Pat. Ecc. Ang. Bede, IV.) in H. Waddell (tr.), Beasts and Saints.
NY: Henry Holt and Co., 1934.

Bellesheim. (1887). History of the Celtic Church in Scotland, tr. Hunter-Blair, I
Edinburgh and London.

Benedictine Monks of St. Augustine Abbey, Ramsgate. (1947). The Book of Saints: A Dictionary of Servants of God Canonized by the Catholic Church Extracted from the Roman and Other Martyrologies.
NY: Macmillan.

Benedictine Monks of St. Augustine Abbey, Ramsgate. (1966). The Book of Saints.
NY: Thomas Y. Crowell.

Bentley, J. (1986). A Calendar of Saints: The Lives of the Principal Saints of the Christian Year,
NY: Facts on File.

Bieler, L. (1953). Works of Saint Patrick.
Westminster, Maryland: Newman Press.

Binchy


Bond
, F. (1914). Dedications & Patron Saints of English Churches.
Oxford: Humphrey Milford.

Bonniwell

Bowen, Paul. When We Were One: A Yearbook of the Saints of the British Isles Complied from Ancient Calendars.

Browne, G.F. St. Augustine and His Companions.

Butler, A. (1953). Lives of the Saints: With Reflections for Everyday in the Year.
NY: Benziger Brothers.

Cartwright, J. L. Peterborough Cathedral.

Carty, F. (1941). Two and Fifty Irish Saints.
Dublin: James Duffy & Co.

Chandlery, P.J. Pilgrim Walks in Rome.

Clarke, C. P. S. (1931). Saints and Heroes of the Christian Church, Mowbray.

Cockman, George. Cuthman, Steyning and the Stone

Colgrave, B. (tr.). (1940). Two Lives of Saint Cuthbert.

Colgrave, H. (1955). Saint Cuthbert of Durham.

Concannon, H. (1931). Saint Patrick.
New York: Longmans, Green & Co.

Coulson, J. (ed.). (1960). The Saints: A Concise Biographical Dictionary.
New York: Hawthorn Books.

Cross, F. L. (1958). The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church.
Oxford University Press.

Curtayne, Alice. (1955). Twenty Tales of Irish Saints.
New York: Sheed and Ward.

Curtayne, A. (1942). Saint Brigid of Ireland.
London: Methuen & Co.

Daniel-Rops, H. (1960). The Miracle of Ireland, tr. by the Earl of Wicklow.
Baltimore, Maryland: Helicon Press.

D'Arcy, M. R. (1974). The Saints of Ireland.
Saint Paul, Minnesota: Irish American Cultural Institute.
[This is probably the most useful book to choose to own on the Irish saints. The author provides a great deal of historical context in which to place the lives of the saints.]

Deanesly, M. (1964). St. Augustine of Canterbury.

Delaney, J. J. (ed). (1978). Saints for All Seasons.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday.

Delaney, J. J. (1983). Pocket Dictionary of Saints.
NY: Doubleday Image.

Doble, G. H. (1931). Saint Symphorian.

Doble, G. H. (1942). Saint Teilo.

Doble, G. H. (1943). St. Dubricius.

Doble, G. H. (1944). Saint Iltut.

Dubois, M. (1961). Saint Columban.
Paris.


Duckett
, E. S. (1955). St. Dunstan of Canterbury.

Encyclopedia

(1966). Encyclopaedia of Catholic Saints.
Philadelphia: Chilton Books.

Farmer, D. H. (1997). The Oxford Dictionary of Saints.
Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Fisher, D. J. V. (1965). The Earliest Lives of St. Dunstan, St. Ethelwold, and St. Oswald.

Fitzpatrick, B. (1922). Ireland and the Making of Britain.
New York: Funk and Wagnalls.

Fitzpatrick, B. (1927). Ireland and the Foundations of Europe.
New York: Funk & Wagnalls.

Flanagan, L. A. (1990). Chronicle of Irish Saints.
Belfast: The Blackstaff Press.

Fletcher, H.L.V. The Queen's Wales - North Wales.

Florence of Worchester. (1853). The Chronicle of Florence of Worcester. Translated by J Stevenson
The Church Historians of England, Seeleys

Forbes, A. P. (1872). Kalendars of Scottish Saints.
Edinburgh.

Ford, Edward. Cathedrals, Abbeys and Famous Churches - Llandaff

Gallyon, Margaret. (1980). The Early Church in Wessex and Mercia.
Terence Dalton Ltd,

Gancel, Hippolyte. (2000). Les Saints qui Guerissent en Bretagne, vol 1, p.45, ISBN 2-7373-2513-7

Gill, F. C. (1958). The Glorious Company: Lives of Great Christians for Daily Devotion.
London: Epworth Press.

Gougaud, Dom L. (1923). Gaelic Pioneers of Christianity, V. Collins (tr.).
Dublin: Gill & Sons.

Graham, Frank. Lindisfarne or Holy Island.

Grieve

Groome

Hamilton Thompson, A. (ed.). (1936). Bede: His Life, Times and Writings.

Healy, J. (1902). Ireland's Ancient Schools and Scholars.
Dublin: Sealy, Bryers and Walker.

Henry

Henry, F. (1967). Irish Art During the Viking Invasions (800-1020).
Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press.

Hervey

Hoagland, Kathleen (ed.) (1950). 1000 Years of Irish Poetry.
New York: Devin-Adair Co.

Hoare


Hole
, Christina. (1954). English Shrines and Sanctuaries.
B T Batsford Ltd.

Husenbeth, Rev. F. C., DD, VG (ed.). (1928). Butler's Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints.
London: Virtue & Co.

John, Catherine Rachel. (1981). The Saints of Cornwall.
Lodenek Press Ltd.

Jonas

Joynt, M. (tr.). (1927). The Life of Saint Gall.

Kenney, J. F. (1929). Sources for Early History of Ireland, vol. 1, Ecclesiastical.
New York: Columbia University Press.

Leask, H. G. (1951). Irish Castles.
Dundalgan Press.

Leland

Little, G. A. (1946). Brendan the Navigator.
Dublin: Gill & Son.

Macalister

MacLysaght

MacManus, F. (1963). St. Columban.

MacNabb

Markus

Martindale

Masson

McCarthy, E. L. (1927). Saint Columban.
Society of Saint Columban.

McManus, S. (1944). Story of the Irish Race.
New York: Devin-Adair.

Mee, Arthur. The King's England - Sussex

Mee, Arthur. The King's England - Cornwall.(41 vols).
Hodder & Stoughton.

Menzies

Metcalf

Metlake, G. (1914). Life and Writings of St. Columban.

Meyer

Mildran, James. Saints of the South West.

Monceaux

Montague, H. P. (1981). The Saints and Martyrs of Ireland.
Guildford: Billing & Sons.

Montalembert. (1863). Monks of the West.
Paris.

Moran, P. Cardinal. (1879). Irish Saints in Great Britain.
Dublin: Brown and Nolan.

Morris, J. (1968). Hertfordshire Archaeology, vol. 1.

Mould, D. D. C. (1952). Scotland of the Saints.
London: Batsford.

Muirhead, L. R. (ed.). (1962). Benn Blue Guide to Ireland.
London: Ernest Benn Limited.

Murray

Needham, K. (1963). Life of Saint Patrick.
Saint Patrick Fathers.

Neeson, E. (1967). Book of Irish Saints.
Cork: Mercer Press.

O'Briain

O'Hanlon, J. (1875). Lives of Irish Saints, 10 vol.
Dublin.

O'Kelly, J. J. (1952). Ireland's Spiritual Empire.
Dublin: M. H. Gill.

Platts, Charles. (1910). Pioneers of Our Faith.
Methuen & Co. Ltd.

Plummer (ed.) (1910). Vitae Sanctorum Hiberniae
Oxford
in H. Waddell (tr.), (1934). Beasts and Saints.
NY: Henry Holt and Co.

Porter, A. K. (1931). The Crosses and Culture of Ireland.
New Haven: Yale University Press.

Raine, J. (ed.). (1863). The Priory of Hexham.

Riain

Robinson

Roeder, Helen. (1955). Saints and Their Attributes: With a Guide to Localities and Patronage.
Chicago: Henry Regnery Company.

Roeder, H. (1956). Saints and Their Attributes: With a Guide to Localities and Patronage.
Chicago: Henry Regnery Company.

Ryan, J. (1931). Irish Monasticism.
Dublin: Talbot Press.


Sampson
, G. The Layman's Book of Saints.
Mowbray.

Scherman, Katharine (1981, and reissued 1999 for St Patrick's Day). The Flowering of Ireland: Saints, Scholars & Kings.
Little Brown & Co.

Schouppe

Sellner


Severin
, T. (1978). The Brendan Voyage.

Severus

Shearman, Loca Patriciana. (1879).
Dublin.

Sheppard

Shortt, L. M. (1914) Lives & Legends of English Saints.
Methuen & Co. Ltd.

Simpson, W. G. (1934). Celtic Church in Scotland.
Aberdeen University Studies.

Skein. (1886). Celtic Scotland II.
Edinburgh.

Skene, W. F. (1875-80). Celtic Scotland, 3 vols.
Edinburgh.

Stafford, D.G. A Brief History of Saint Colan Parish Church.

Stanton, Richard A., (1887). Menology of England and Wales.
Burns & Oates

Stenton

Stokes, M. (1932). Early Christian Art in Ireland.
Dublin: Government Publications.

Stokes. (1888). Vita tripartita in Rolls Series
London.

Sullivan, A. M. (1867). Story of Ireland.
Dublin: M. H. Gill.

Tabor, M. E. (1908). The Saints in Art with Their Attributes and Symbols Alphabetically Arranged.
London: Methuen & Co.

Taylor, T. (1925). The Life of Saint Samson of Dol.

Tommasini, Fra A. (1937). Irish Saints in Italy.
London: Sands and Company.

Towill, E. S. (1983). The Saints of Scotland.
Edinburgh: The Saint Andrew Press.

Toynbee, A. J. (1951). Study of History (vol. II).
New York: Oxford Press.

Verbist

Waddell, H. (tr.). (1934). Beasts and Saints.
NY: Henry Holt and Co.

Wade-Evans, A. W. (1923). Life of St. David.

Wall, J. C. (1905). Shrines of British Saints.
Methuen & Co.

Walsh, M. (ed.). (1985). Butler's Lives of the Saints.
San Francisco: Harper & Row. Walsh, W. T. (1943).

Wand

Ward

Watkin

Watkins, O. D. (1920). A History of Penance.
Longmans Green & Co.

Webb, J. F. (1983). The Age of Bede.

Webb, E. S. (1947). Lives of the Saints.
Penguin.

White, K. E. (1992). Guide to the Saints,
NY: Ivy Books.

Wild, J. P. & Darnell, G. B. Castor Church.


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