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The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs - Volume 7
Alban Butler
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He was a native of Jerusalem, but lived at Bethsan, otherwise called Scythopolis, where he was reader in the church, and also performed the function of exorcist, and dispossessing demoniacs, and that of interpreter of the Greek tongue into the Syro-Chaldaic.68 He was a divine man, say his acts, and had always lived in the practice of great austerity and patience, and in perpetual chastity. He took no other sustenance than bread and water, and usually abstained from all food for two or three days together. He was well skilled in the science of the Greeks, but much more in that . . . Read More
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Community Reviews
So, my one-year plan to read this book succeeded. I didn't end up reading exactly a-saint-a-day, but I read them all. Many of the stories were inspiring and most were interesting. Some were frustrating -- vigorously condemning heresy is not my favorite reason to elevate someone to sainthood -- and s
I tried, I really did, but I will stop reading it for now. I feel like I've read the same story a hundred times now, and I'm about halfway of the book. Christ is Great, but I guess christianity is not for me. It's not like there's not a lot of admirable saints, so there's definitely a lot to learn f
This is one to keep out and reread every year. Every day of the year has a saint, and sometimes more than one, to read about for inspiration. Who doesn't want to be introduced to more saints in order to ask them to pray for us?
This book is exactly what it states it is. Each day, it tells a little of the life of a saint in the Catholic faith. I do wish that some of the descriptions made the saints seem more individual, or talked of how they were made saints. Overall, though, it details several saints in a way that allows f
Fr. Alban Butler’s Lives of the Saints provides believers with saints that are spread over the Roman Catholic Church’s liturgical year. Each entry is approximately one page long and is complimented with a reflection on a particular saint. Fr. Butler’s work spans a career of over 30 years of meticulo
This book is a daily devotional. (The author, Father Alban Butler, was born in England in 1710 and the copy I have is not written in American English.) The traditional stories of these Roman Catholic Saints are presented on their feast days 1January through
31 December. I have read this book, in my
Enlightening and fruitful for all the days of the year.