The Oxford dictionary of saints
By: David Hugh Farmer.
Edition: 5th ed.
Series: Oxford paperback reference
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 579
Subjects: Christian saints -- Biography -- Dictionaries; Christian saints -- Great Britain -- Biography -- Dictionaries; Christian saints -- Ireland -- Biography -- Dictionaries
Description: "This fully-updated fifth edition features concise accounts of the lives, cults, and artistic associations of saints from the famous and obscure, the rich and poor, the academic and the uneducated. New entries include the Martyrs of Korea, Mexico, and Vietnam, as well as the recently canonized such as Edith Stein, Padre Pio, and Josemaria Escriva. The standard one-volume reference work in the field, this dictionary will delight both specialists and general readers."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.