Port of Saints (Paperback) ("New Edition")
by David Hugh Farmer
Category: Christian saints

From the famous to the obscure, this book provides concise accounts of the lives, cults, and artistic associations of over 1,300 saints. Fully revised and updated for this new edition, it includes new entries on a number of recently canonized saints and a new appendix on patronages,confirming the work's reputation as the standard one-volume work available in English. 'an essential reference work for anyone interested in the subject,' Daily Telegraph 'this delightful array of the good and the incredible is the sort of thing that gives hagiography a good name.' The Times 'he breathes life into his scholarship and has produced a dictionary which makes compulsive reading.' Tablet 'Even those who do not believe in the saints ... will be able to enjoy and to profit from this splendid book.' The Economist 'the usual Oxford Dictionary qualities of authority, succinct wit and an eye for the anecdotal and the bizarre.' Country Life 'excellent and readable ... A holy dip that's much more pleasant than baptism.' Guardian