The Oxford Dictionary of Saints, Fifth Edition Revised n/e - Softcover

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Farmer, David

 
9780199596607: The Oxford Dictionary of Saints, Fifth Edition Revised n/e

Synopsis

Praised as "the kind of book that gives hagiography a good name" (The Times), this entertaining and authoritative dictionary features more than 1,700 fascinating and informative entries covering the lives, cults, and artistic associations of saints from around the world

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About the Author

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.

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