Web pages on "Saints":

Catholic Encyclopedia: Legends of the Saints
The legenda are stories about the saints, and often include a mix of historical fact and unhistorical embellishments.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09128a.htm

Internet Medieval Sourcebook: Saints' Lives
Ancient, Byzantine, and medieval hagiographic original texts, in translation and otherwise, with basic data on the cult of saints, emphasis on historical understanding of the texts. [Note: the word "cult" is a technical term referring to th
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook3.html

Military Martyrs
Information on various soldier saints. Includes early martyrologies translated into English.
http://www.ucc.ie/milmart/

The Golden Legend
A very popular medieval book of saints' lives, written between 1260 and 1275 by Jacobus de Voragine.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/goldenlegend/

The Legends of the Saints: An Introduction to Hagiography
Full text of the 1907 edition of a book by Hippolyte Delehaye, about medieval hagiography. 517K
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/delehaye-legends.html

Yahoo Groups: Celtic and Old English Saints
Daily messages about the first millennium Saints of Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Brittany, England, Cornwall, and Isle of Man.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/celt-saints/

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