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Butler's lives of the saints
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Butler's lives of the saints

Author: Alban Butler; Michael J Walsh
Publisher: [San Francisco] : HarperSanFrancisco, 1991.
Edition/Format: Book : Biography : English : Concise ed., rev. & updated, 1st HarperCollins edView all editions and formats
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For more than two centuries, Butler's Lives of the Saints has been hailed as the authority on the Christian patron saints. Now, in this new edition of the original classic, Michael Walsh has culled the rich resources of earlier editions to accentuate the more modern and best-documented saints. Echoing the charm and style of the eighteenth-century edition, Walsh's volume has been edited to make the fascinating and ins Read more...

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Material Type: Biography
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Alban Butler; Michael J Walsh
ISBN: 0060692995 9780060692995
OCLC Number: 24142399
Notes: Includes index.
Description: xiv, 466 p. ; 24 cm.
Other Titles: Lives of the saints., Lives of the saints
Responsibility: edited by Michael Walsh ; foreword by Basil Hume.
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For more than two centuries, Butler's Lives of the Saints has been hailed as the authority on the Christian patron saints. Now, in this new edition of the original classic, Michael Walsh has culled the rich resources of earlier editions to accentuate the more modern and best-documented saints. Echoing the charm and style of the eighteenth-century edition, Walsh's volume has been edited to make the fascinating and inspiring lives of the saints easily accessible to readers today.

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