Il libro d'oro
Subtitle: of those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of life
Publisher: Little, Brown & Co.
Published: 1906
Place of publication: Boston, USA
Language: eng
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS; title: Introduction. The festival of all saints. Written by Croiset 3; title: BOOK I; title: The death of Saint Paul, the first hermit, and his burial. Written by Saint Jerome 15; title: Anthony, desirous of martyrdom, went to Alexandria to visit the Christians in prison ; and Marcianus, a cavalier, came to visit him, and entreat his prayers for his daughter, possessed by a demon. Written by Saint Jerome 18; title: Saint Anthony teaches his disciples how the demons, who tempt us with diverse temptations, should be resisted. Written by Saint Jerome 19; title: A miracle of Saint Anthony. Written by Saint Jerome   21; title: How robbers went to seek Saint Hilarion to steal from him, and he converted them to the faith. Related by Saint Jerome 22; title: Of Ammon and how he worked many miracles. By Saint Jerome 22; title: How Panfutius, in the simplicity of his heart, desired to know to whom he was equal in goodness ; and how an angel revealed to him that he was equal to a musician, to a Signore of that country, and to a merchant ; all of whom were taught by him to love God more perfectly. Written by Saint Jerome   24; title: How Marcarius of Alexandria saw many demons in church in the shape of children who tempted people in diverse manners. Related by St. Jerome 28; title: Of how Marcarius went into the Thebaid, and how he taught the monks greater humility, and how he healed a priest of an illness brought upon him by God for his sin. Written by Saint Jerome 30; title: Of two brothers who followed the active and contemplative life, and which was the best. Written by Saint Bradius 32; title: How Saint Serapion sold himself as a slave to convert pagans. Written by Saint Bradius 33; title: Of the judgments of God 34; title: The bag of silver. Written by Saint Bradius 35; title: Of the Abbot Pemen. Written by Saint Bradius 37; title: The tears of the Abbot Silvanus. Written by Saint Eradius   38; title: Of two friars, one sober and the other intemperate, and how the sober one converted the other. Written by Saint Eradius 38; title: The Abbot Marcarius and Satan. Written by Saint Eradius   39; title: Evil thoughts. Written by Saint Eradius 40; title: On mistrusting the providence of God. Written by Saint Eradius 40; title: The food of good and evil men. Written by Saint Eradius   41; title: Of anger and its cure. Written by Saint Eradius 41; title: Of a friar who prayed God that he might see the soul pass from the body, and he saw the death of a just man and of a sinner. Written by Saint Eradius 42; title: Of a hermit who saw the demons come for the soul of a sinner. Written by Saint Eradius 44; title: Of a king who visited a sick man and exhorted him to repentance, and of his hopeless death. Written by Saint Eradius   44; title: Of a friar whose life was bad, and whose death was worse by the judgments of God. Written by Saint Eradius 46; title: The goodness and long-suffering of God. Written by Saint Eradius 47; title: The sayings of Santa Sincletica recorded for our instruction  47; title: The unworthy priest. Written by Saint Eradius 48; title: Examples of the contempt of worldly goods. Written by Saint Eradius 49; title: Of two who were judged and punished by the brothers, by which is shown the human pride that dwells in the judgments of men. Written by Saint Eradius 50; title: How we must not judge or reveal the sins and failings of others. Written by Saint Eradius 51; title: How we who are religious persons should guard the heart, and how a religious man should never give pain to another. Written by Saint Eradius 51; title: Against driving a sinner to despair. Written by Saint Eradius 52; title: The Abbot Agathon was tempted by some monks, who accused him of many sins ; and he confessed them all, except that of heresy. Written by Saint Eradius 53; title: The question of the evil spirit to the Abbot Apollos. Written by Saint Eradius 54; title: The stolen Bible of the Abbot Anastasius. Written by Saint Eradius 55; title: The patience of a poor sick man. Written by Saint Eradius 56; title: The friar who fasted through vanity. Written by Saint Eradius 57; title: The friar who found fault with the monks who laboured. Written by Saint Eradius 57; title: The impatient friar. Written by Saint Eradius 58; title: The discretion of the Abbot Panfutius. Written *by Saint Eradius 58; title: The monk who could bear with the faults of others. Written by Saint Eradius 59; title: How the Abbot Piammon shed tears when he saw a worldly woman. Written by Saint Eradius 60; title: The deaths of the Abbots Piammon, Agathon, and Sisoe. Written by Saint Eradius 61; title: Against vain speculations. Written by Saint Eradius 62; title: Of one who heard the demons give an account of themselves to their prince. Written by Saint Eradius 63; title: How a religious man converted his sister. Written by Saint Eradius 64; title: The neglected garden. Written by Saint Eradius 65; title: The hermit who was the son of a pagan priest. Written by Saint Eradius 66; title: A selection of a few chapters from the life of the Patriarch John of Alexandria. Written by Saint Leontius, Bishop of Neapolis in Cyprus 67; title: The wonderful vision of Furseus, how he was raised above the body, and saw the glory of paradise. Written by Theophilus Sergius and Elchinus 94; title: Vision of the Abbot Ciriaco, who could not have an audience of our Lady while having a book of Nestorius in his possession. From the Spiritual Field, written by Giovanni Evarato 99; title: Of the Abbot Leontius, and how he bestowed charity, not giving it with his own hand. Written by Giovanni Evarato 100; title: The fight of faith. Written by Giovanni Evarato 100; title: How in a certain monastery the grain sprouted because the usual charity was diminished. Written by Giovanni Evarato 101; title: How the Abbot Erasmus cured a lion, and other wonderful things. Written by Giovanni Evarato 102; title: The Abbot Isaac and the spirit of anger. Written by Giovanni Evarato 105; title: Of a thief who came to the Abbot Fosimus and prayed him to make him a monk. Written by Giovanni Evarato 106; title: Of the faith which a lady kept to her husband. Written by Giovanni Evarato 107; title: Of the Abbot Gregory, the anchorite. Written by Giovanni Evarato 108; title: Of the Abbot Alexander, who had grown old in a cave near the Jordan. Written by Giovanni Evarato 109; title: Of an usurer who became a spiritual usurer. Written by Giovanni Evarato 110; title: The golden cross. Written by Giovanni Evarato 112; title: Of a secular man who was very noble and charitable. Written by Giovanni Evarato 113; title: BOOK II; title: The life of the Beato Torello da Poppi of the Casentino. Written by Messer Torello of that place, Canonico of Fiesole. Translated from the Latin and abridged by Don Silvano 119; title: The life of the Beato Pietro Pettinaio, Senese, of the third order of Saint Francis. Written by Fra Pietro Monterio, and abridged by Don Silvano, from a manuscript in the possession of the holy sisters of Saint Ursula in Florence 124; title: The life of Saint Antonnio, preacher and Archbishop of Florence. Written by Father Don Silvano Razzi, Camaldolese 132; title: Of the translation of the body of Saint Antonino, which took place on the ninth of May, in the year fifteen hundred and eighty-nine 159; title: The life of the Beato Thomma of Florence, Franciscan. Written by unknown but judicious authors 163; title: BOOK III; title: Obedience miraculously taught by birds. Written by Padre Giovanni Bollandus 179; title: The justice of God in permitting true crimes to be punished by false accusations. By Padre Giovanni Bollandus 18a; title: Patience in bearing affliction rewarded by a wonderful miracle. Written by Padre Giovanni Bollandus 186; title: He who for the love of God gives to the poor receives holy usury. Written by Padre Godefridus Henschenius 190; title: Wonderful providence in deliverance from miserable slavery. Written by Padre Henricus Engelgrave 194; title: To return injuries with benefits is a work worthy of God. Written by Padre Henricus Engelgrave 198; title: Glorious death for the inviolability of confession. Written by Padre Godefridus Henschenius 201; title: The charity of parents an abundant inheritance for children. Written by Padre Stephanus Bertal 205; title: Generous refusal of worldly treasure. Written by Padre Godefredus Henschenius 208; title: Victorious dominion over the princes of darkness. Written by Padre Heribertus Rosuneidas an; title: They who injure the servants of God injure themselves. Written by Laurentius Surius 214; title: A noble example of the confession of faith and martyrdom of a child. Written by Laurentius Surius 218; title: Pious offerings the cause of a wonderful preservation. Written by Padre Petrus Cluniacensis 221; title: The faithful piety of a lady converts a king and a kingdom to the true faith. Written by Saint Gregorius Turonensis 223; title: The wisdom of the great instructed by the simplicity of the poor. Written by Henricus Gran Germanus 226; title: The wiles of Satan revealed in a wonderful vision. Written by Henricus Gran Germanus 229; title: Sanctity the ruler and tamer of the most savage beasts. Written by Henricus Gran Germanus  232; title: Threats and promises convert sinners. Written by Padre Nicolaus Orlandinus 335; title: Humble worth honoured by the King of Kings. Written by Laurentius Surius 339; title: The hands which dispense favours gain hearts. Written by Laurentius Surius 243; title: By games of chance saints have gained souls to God. Written by Padre Daniel Bartolus 246; title: Simplicity of heart and tongue is blessed of God. Written by Laurentius Surius 250; title: Charity converts great sinners. Written by Henricus Gran Germanus 252; title: The Lord is a great rewarder of benefits done to His servants. Written by Padre Giovanni Rho 258; title: A loving contest between two brothers, each wishing to die for the other. Written by Padre Giovanni Rho 261; title: How the tears of repentance change black coals into beautiful stars. Written by Theophilus Raynandus >263; title: The cunning of the wicked conquered by the wisdom of the just. Written by Padre Gregorius 267; title: BOOK IV; title: From the Prologue to the Flowers of Sanctity 275; title: The adoration of the three Magi 277; title: The life of Saint Sebastian, most illustrious martyr 282; title: The life of Saint Policarp, bishop and martyr, disciple of Saint John the Evangelist 292; title: The life of Saint Paula 295; title: The life of Saint Ignatius, bishop and martyr, disciple of Saint John the Evangelist 303; title: The life of Saint Thomas of Aquinas, doctor of the church, confessor and friar of the order of Saint Domenico ; as related by learned authors and by the friar Laurentius Surius, Carthusian 310; title: The life and martyrdom of forty martyrs. Written by Saint Basil and Simeon Metaphrastes 321; title: The life of Saint Vitalis, martyr. Written by Saint Ambrose 337; title: The life of Saint Monica, widow, the mother of Saint Augustine. Written in the book of his confessions, and by Cardinal Lippomanus 329; title: The feast of Saint Michael the Archangel, with some considerations relating to him and to the other angels 335; title: The Life of Saint Isidore, husbandman 338; title: The life of Saint Basil the great bishop, confessor, and doctor. Written by Anfiloquinus, Bishop of Icomin, and other authors 341; title: The life of Saint Paulinus, Bishop of Nola, and confessor. Selected from those which have been written of him by Saint Augustine, Saint Gregory, Pope Gregory, Uranius the priest, and other authors 350; title: The history of the seven sleepers, martyrs 356; title: The life of the glorious martyr Saint Lorenzo, Archdeacon of Rome. Written by the notaries of Rome, and recounted by Lauren-tius Surius 362; title: The life of Saint Louis, King of Prance. Written by Ganfrado, his confessor, and by Clitoiro 373; title: The life of Saint Augustine, bishop and doctor of the holy church. Selected from his own writings and from those of grave authors, but in particular those of Possidius, Bishop of Calama, his disciple 382; title: The life of Saint Stephen, first king of Hungary. Written by the Padre Jean Croiset 392; title: The life of Saint Jerome, confessor and doctor of the church. Selected from his own writings and from those of learned authors 400; title: The life of Saint Martin, bishop and confessor. Written by Sulpicius Severus 408; title: The life of Saint Francis Xavier, of the company of Jesus, canonized with Saint Ignatius, founder of that order 4x8; title: The life of Saint Ambrose, Archbishop of Milan, doctor of the church and confessor. Selected from the writings of Paulinus the priest, of Simeon Metaphrastes, of Paul the deacon, from the tripartite history, from Nicephoros Callistus, and from his own writings 428; title: Of the birth of Jesus Christ 441; title: The feast of the nativity of Jesus Christ, Son of God and our Lord. Written by the evangelist Saint Luke, together with some considerations upon this solemnity by Alfonso Vigliegas 444; title: The feast of the Holy Innocents, martyrs, written by the evangelist Saint Matthew; with some reflections by Alfonso Vigliegas 450; title: The life of Saint Thomas, martyr, and Archbishop of Canterbury 458; title: CONCLUSION; title: Of the Universal Judgment. In which are recounted the sayings of the prophets who have treated of this day, writing the history of it as it shall be, all collected from the scriptures. Written by Alfonso Vigliegas 479