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HISTORY

The story of Christianity: The Early church to the dawn of the Reformation / Justo L. González.
REF BR142 .G66 1984 VOL. 1

Encyclopedia of early Christianity / editor, Everett Ferguson ; associate editors, Michael P. McHugh, Frederick W. Norris New York : Garland Pub., 1998.
REF BR162.2 .E53 1998

The concise dictionary of early Christianity / Joseph F. Kelly. Collegeville, Minn. : Liturgical Press, c1992.
REF BR95 .K395 1992

Encyclopedia of the early church / edited by Angelo Di Berardino ; translated from the Italian by Adrian Walford ; with a foreword and bibliographic amendments by W.H.C. Frend. Cambridge [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1991-
REF BR66.5 .D5813 1991 2vol See: REVIEW and REVIEW

Handbook of early Christianity : social science approaches / edited by Anthony J. Blasi, Jean Duhaime and Paul-Andr? Turcotte. Walnut Creek, CA : AltaMira Press, c2002.
REF BR166 .H36 2002
Social sciences studying formative Christian phenomena : a creative movement / David G. Horrell -- Major social scientific theories : origins, development, and contributions / Paul-Andr? Turcotte -- General methodological perspective / Anthony J. Blasi -- Archaeological and architectural issues and the question of demographic and urban forms / Carolyn Osiek -- An illustration of historical inquiry : histories of Jesus and Matthew I.1-25 / Ritva H. Williams -- Literary source and redaction criticism / Steven L. Bridge -- Statistical textual analysis : a special technique / Robert A. Wortham -- Aspects of rhetorical analysis applied to New Testament texts / Ernst R. Wendland -- Structuralism and symbolic universes : Second Temple Judaism and the early Christian movement / Peter Staples -- Early Christianity as an unorganized ecumenical religious movement / Frederick Bird -- Jesus and Palestinian social protest : archaeological and literary perspectives / Peter Richardson and Douglas Edwards -- Civilizational encounters in the development of early Christianity / Donald A. Nielsen -- Early Christian culture as interaction / Anthony J. Blasi -- "Becoming Christian" : solidifying Christian identity and content / David G. Horrell -- Sociological insights into the development of Christian leadership roles and community formation / Howard Clark Kee -- Establishing social distance between Christian and both Jews and pagans / Jack T. Sanders -- Connections with elites in the world of the early Christians / Philip A. Harland -- Government and public law in Galilee, Judaea, Hellenistic cities, and the Roman Empire / John W. Marshall and Russell Martin -- Persecution / Harold Remus -- Vulnerable power : the Roman empire challenged by the early Christians / Warren Carter -- The limits of ethnic categories / Nicola Denzey -- The economy of first-century Palestine : state of the scholarly discussion / Philip A. Harland -- Modes and relations of production / Dimitris J. Kyrtatas -- What would you do for a living? / David A. Fiensy -- Conflicting bases of identity in early Christianity : the example of Paul / Nicholas H. Taylor -- Dread of the community : a psychoanalytical study of fratricidal conflict in the context of first-century Palestine / Richard K. Fenn -- Conversion in early Christianity / Jack T. Sanders.

Saint Catherine's Monastery, Sinai, Egypt : a photographic essay / text by Helen C. Evans ; photographs by Bruce White ; with a special introduction by His Eminence Archbishop Damianos of Sinai. Evans, Helen C. New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art in collaboration with Saint Catherine's Monastery, Sinai ; New Haven : Yale University Press, c2004.
REF BX387 .E93 2004

The early church : an annotated bibliography of literature in English / by Thomas A. Robinson with Brent D. Shaw ... [et al.] [Philadelphia] : American Theological Library Association ; Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1993.
REF BR162.2 .R63 1993

Councils & synods : with other documents relating to the English Church / edited by F. M. Powicke and C. R. Cheney. Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1964-
REF BR742 .A2 P6 4vol

The early Christian world / edited by Philip F. Esler. London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.
REF BR165 .E17 2000 2vol
"Comprehensive and accessible, this work provides up-to-date coverage of the most important topics in the study of early Chrsitianity, together with an invaluable collection of visual material. . . through discussion of gender and secuality, religious practice, communication and social structures." cover blurb

Atlas of the early Christian world / [by] F. van der Meer [and] Christine Mohrmann ; translated and edited by Mary F. Hedlund and H.H. Rowley. London : Nelson, 1958.
REF G1046.E4 M6 1958

Early Latin theology : selections from Tertullian, Cyprian, Ambrose, and Jerome / translated and edited by S. L.Greenslade. Philadelphia : Westminster Press, 1956.
REF BR 60 .G64

Augustine : earlier writings / selected and translated with introductions by John H. S. Burleigh. Philadelphia : Westminster, 1953 & 1955
REF BR65 .A52 E6 1953 1955

Concordantiae Avgvstinianae : sive Collectio omnivm sententiarvm quae sparsim reperivntvr in omnibus S. Augustini operibus. Ad instar concordantiarvm Sacrae scriptvrae / Labore F. Davidis Lenfant. Lvtetiae Parisiorvm, Sumptibus S. Cramoisy et G. Cramoisy, 1656-65. [Bruxelles : Culture et Civilisation, 1963]
REF BR65 .A52 L4 2vol

Confessions and Enchiridion / newly translated and edited by Albert C. Outler. Philadelphia : Westminster Press, 1955.
REF BR65 .A6 E5 1955

Saint John Chrysostom, a scripture index / R.A. Krupp. Lanham, MD : University Press of America, c1984.
REF BR65 .C455 K78 1984

Alexandrian Christianity : selected translations of Clement and Origen / with introductions and notes by John Ernest Leonard Oulton and Henry Chadwick. Philadelphia : Westminster Press, 1954
REF BR65 .C65 S8 1954

Cyril of Jerusalem and Nemesius of Emesa / edited by William Telfer. Philadelphia : Westminster Press, 1955.
REF BR65 .C93 C45

Ignatius of Antioch : a commentary on the letters of Ignatius of Antioch / by William R. Schoedel ; edited by Helmut Koester. Philadelphia : Fortress Press, c1985.
REF BR65 .I36 S33 1985

A dictionary of early Christian beliefs : a reference guide to more than 700 topics discussed by the Early Church Fathers / David W. Bercot, editor. Peabody, Mass. : Hendrickson Publishers, c1998.
REF BR66.5 .D53 1998

Dictionary of early Christian literature / edited by Siegmar Dopp and Wilhelm Geerlings ; translated from the German by Matthew O'Connell. New York : Crossroad Publishing Co., c2000.
REF BR66.5 .L48 2000 See: REVIEW

Wörterbuch der Kirchengeschichte / Carl Andresen, Georg Denzler. München : Kösel, 1982.
REF BR95 .A52 1982

Encyclopedia of early Christianity / Everett Ferguson, editor ... [et al.]. New York : Garland Pub., 1990.
REF BR162.2 .E53 1990

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Texts & Translations

Alexandrian Christianity : selected translations of Clement and Origen / with introductions and notes by John Ernest Leonard Oulton and Henry Chadwick. Oulton, John Ernest Leonard, b. 1886. Philadelphia : Westminster Press, 1954
REF BR65.C65 S8 1954
Bibliographical footnotes.Clement of Alexandria: On marriage (Stromateis, III) On spiritual perfection (Stromateis, VII)--Origen: On prayer. Exhortation to martyrdom. Dialogue with Heraclides.--

Augustine through the ages : an encyclopedia / general editor, Allan D. Fitzgerald ; associate editors, John Cavadini ... [et al.].Grand Rapids, Mich. : Wm.B. Eerdmans, 1999.
REF B655.Z69 A84 1999

The apostolic tradition : a commentary / by Paul F. Bradshaw, Maxwell E. Johnson, and L. Edward Phillips ; edited by Harold W. Attridge. Minneapolis, MN : Fortress Press, c2002.
REF BR65 .H83 A67 2002
the anonymous church order conventionally attributed to Hippolytus of Rome translated in parallel columns from the Latin, Sahidic, Arabic, Ethiopic as well as from the Apostolic Constitutions, Canons of Hippolytus and Testamentum Domini

Ante-Nicene fathers : the writings of the fathers down to A.D. 325 / edited by Alexander Roberts & James Donaldson ; revised and chronologically arranged, with brief prefaces and occasional notes, by A. Cleveland Coxe. Peabody, Mass. : Hendrickson Publishers, [1994], (1999 printing).
REF BR60 .A52 1994 10VOL
First published under title: Ante-Nicene Christian library. Contents : 1. The apostolic fathers: Justin Martyr. Irenaeus.--2. Fathers of the second century: Hermas, Tatian, Athenagoras, Theophilus, and Clement of Alexandria.--3. Latin Christianity: its founder, Tertullian. I. Apologetic; II.Anti-Marcion; III. Ethical.--4. Tertullian, pt.4th. Minucius Felix. Commodian. Origen, pts. 1st and 2nd.--5. Hippolytus. Cyprian. Caius. Novatian. Appendix.--6. Gregory Thaumaturgus. Dionysius the Great. Julius Africanus. Anatolius and minor writers. Methodius Arnobius.--7. Lactantius. Venantius. Asterius. Victorinus. Dionysius. Apostolic teaching and constitutions. Homily. Early liturgies. 8. The twelve patriarchs. Excerpts and epistles. The Clemintina. Apocrypha of the New Testament. Decretals. Memoirs of Edessa and Syriac documents. Remains of the second and third centuries.--9. The Gospel of Peter. The Diatessaron of Tatian. The Apocalypse of Peter. The Visio Pauli. The apocalypses of the Virgin and Sedrach. The Testament of Abraham. The Acts of Xanthippe and Polyxena. The Narrative of Zosimus. The Apology of Aristides. The epistles of Clement. Origen's commentary on John, books I-X, and Commentary on Matthew, books I, II, and X-XIV.--10. Bibliographic synopsis, by E. C. Richardson. General index of Bernhard Pick.

The Ante-Nicene Fathers : translations of the writings of the Fathers down to A.D. 325 / the Rev. Alexander Roberts and James Donaldson, editors. Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans, 1969-1973.
REF BR60.A62 R62 1969
First published under title: Ante-Nicene Christian library.Includes indexes.1. The apostolic fathers: Justin Martyr. Irenaeus.--2. Fathers of the second century : Hermas,Tatian, Athenagoras, Theophilus, and Clement of Alexandria.--3. Latin Christianity : its founder, Tertullian. I. Apologetic; II.Anti-Marcion; III. Ethical.--4. Tertullian, pt.4th. Minucius Felix. Commodian. Origen, pts. 1st and 2nd.--5. Hippolytus. Cyprian. Caius. Novatian. Appendix.--6. Gregory Thaumaturgus. Dionysius the Great. Julius Africanus. Anatolius and minor writers. Methodius Arnobius.--7. Lactantius. Venantius. Asterius. Victorinus. Dionysius. Apostolic teaching and constitutions. Homily. Early liturgies.8. The twelve patriarchs. Excerpts and epistles. The Clemintina. Apocrypha of the New Testament. Decretals. Memoirs of Edessa and Syriac documents. Remains of the second and third centuries.--9. The Gospel of Peter. The Diatessaron of Tatian. The Apocalypse of Peter. The Visio Pauli. The apocalypses of the Virgin and Sedrach. The Testament of Abraham. The Acts of Xanthippe and Polyxena. The Narrative of Zosimus. The Apology of Aristides. The epistles of Clement. Origen's commentary on John, books I-X, and Commentary on Matthew, books I, II, and X-XIV.--[10] Bibliographic synopsis, by E. C. Richardson. General index of Bernhard Pick.

Early Christian Fathers / newly translated and edited by Cyril C. Richardson, in collaboration with Eugene R. Fairweather, Edward Rochie Hardy,[and] Massey Hamilton Shepherd. Philadelphia : Westminster Press, 1953
REF BR60 .R5

Alexandrian Christianity : selected translations of Clement and Origen / with introductions and notes by John Ernest Leonard Oulton and Henry Chadwick. Philadelphia : Westminster Press, 1954
REF BR65.C65 S8 1954
REF Bibliographical footnotes.Clement of Alexandria: On marriage (Stromateis, III) On spiritual perfection (Stromateis, VII)--Origen: On prayer. Exhortation to martyrdom. Dialogue with Heraclides.--

Nicene and post-Nicene fathers. First series / edited by Philip Schaff. Peabody, Mass. : Hendrickson Publishers, [1994], (1999 printing).
REF BR60 .S4 1994 14VOL
A select library of the Christian Church. Reprint. Originally published: Christian Literature Co., 1886-1889. Contents : Works of St. Augustine: v. 1. The confessions and letters ... with a sketch of his life and work -- v. 2. City of God, Christian doctrine -- v. 3. On the Holy Trinity, Doctrinal treatises, Moral treatises -- v. 4. The writings against the Manichaens [sic], and against the Donatists -- v. 5. Anti-Pelagian writings -- v. 6. Sermon on the mount, Harmony of the Gospels, Homilies on the Gospels -- v. 7. Homilies on the Gospel of John, Homilies on the First epistle of John, Soliloquies -- v. 8. Expositions on the book of Psalms. Works of St. Chrysostom: v. 9. On the priesthood, Ascetic treatises, Select homilies and letters, Homilies on the statues -- v. 10. Homilies on the Gospel of Saint Matthew -- v. 11. Homilies on the Acts of the apostles and the Epistle to the Romans -- v. 12. Homilies on the Epistles of Paul to the Corinthians -- v. 13. Homilies on Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, Thessalonians. Timothy, Titus, and Philemon -- v. 14. Homilies on the Gospel of St. John and the Epistle to the Hebrews.

A Select library of the Nicene and post-Nicene fathers of the Christian church : [First series] / Edited by Philip Schaff. Grand Rapids, Mich. : W. R. Eerdmans Pub. Co., 1956.
REF BR60 .S4 1956
English translations, with notes.v. 1. The confessions and letters of St. Augustin, with a sketch of his life and work.--v. 2. St Augustin's City of God and Christian doctrine.--v. 3. St. Augustin: On the Holy Trinity. Doctrinal treatises. Moral treatises.--v. 4. St. Augustin: The writings against the Manichćans, and against the Donatists.--v. 5. Saint Augustin: Anti-Pelagian writings.--v. 6. Saint Augustin: Sermon on the mount. Harmony of the Gospels. Homilies on the Gospels.--v. 7. St. Augustin: Homilies on the Gospel of John. Homilies on the First epistle of John. Soliloquies.--v. 8. St. Augustin: Expositions on the book of Psalms.--v. 9. St. Chrysostom: On the priesthood; Ascetic treatises; Select homilies and letters; Homilies on the statutes.--v. 10. St. Chrysostom: Homilies on the Gospel of St. Matthew.--v. 11. St. Chrysostom: Homilies on the Acts of the apostles and the Epistle to the Romans.--v. 12. St. Chrysostom: Homilies on the Epistles of Paul to the Corinthians.--v. 13. St. Chrysostom: Homilies on Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, Thessalonians, Timothy, Titus, and Philemon.--v. 14. St. Chrysostom: Homilies on the Gospel of St. John and the Epistle to the Hebrews

Nicene and post-Nicene Fathers. Second series / edited by Philip Schaff and Henry Wace. Peabody, Mass. : Hendrickson Publishers, [1994], (1999 printing).
REF BR60 .S42 1994 14VOL
A Select library of the Christian Church. Reprint. Originally published: Christian Literature Publishing Company, 1890. Includes index. Contents : v. 1. Eusebius. Church history, Life of Constantine the Great, Oration in praise of Constantine -- v. 2. Socrates, Sozomenus: Church histories -- v. 3. Theodoret, Jerome, Gennadius, Rufinus: Historical writings, etc. -- v. 4. Athanasius: Select works and letters -- v. 5. Gregory of Nyssa: Dogmatic treatises, etc. -- v. 6. Jerome: Letters and select works -- v. 7. Cyril of Jerusalem, Gregory Nazianzen -- v. 8. Basil: Letters and select works -- v. 9. Hilary of Poitiers, John of Damascus -- v. 10. Ambrose: Select works and letters -- v. 11. Sulpitius Severus, Vincent of Lerins, John Cassian -- v. 12. Leo the Great, Gregory the Great -- v. 13. Part II. Gregory the Great, Ephraim Syrus, Aphrahat -- v. 14. The seven ecumenical councils.

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Theology


Christology of the later Fathers / edited by Edward Rochie Hardy ; in collaboration with Cyril C. Richardson. Philadelphia : Westminster Press, 1954.
REF BT199 .H4

Western asceticism : selected translations / with introductions and notes by Owen Chadwick. Philadelphia : Westminster Press, 1958.
REF BV5017 .C5 1958

Late medieval mysticism / edited by Ray C. Petry. Philadelphia : Westminister Press, 1957.
REF BV5072 .P4

The Didache : a commentary / by Kurt Niederwimmer ; translation by Linda M. Maloney; edited by Harold W. Attridge. Minneapolis : Fortress Press, c1998.
REF BS2940 .T5 N5413 1998

Augustine through the ages : an encyclopedia / general editor, Allan D. Fitzgerald ; associate editors, John Cavadini ... [et al.].Grand Rapids, Mich. : Wm.B. Eerdmans, 1999.
REF B655.Z69 A84 1999

Shepherd of Hermas : a commentary / by Carolyn Osiek ; edited by Helmut Koester. Minneapolis : Fortress Press, c1999.
REF BS2900 .H5 O84 1999

Church dogmatics index volume : with aids for the preacher / G. W. Bromiley, T. F. Torrance, editors. Edinburgh : T. & T. Clark, 1977.
REF BT75 .B283 INDEX

Eerdmans' handbook to Christian belief / organizing editor, Robin Keeley ; consulting editors, Donald English ... [et al.] Grand Rapids, Mich. : Eerdman's, 1982.
REF BT77 .E35 1982

Trinitas : a theological encyclopedia of the Holy Trinity / by Michael O'Carroll. Wilmington, Del. : M. Glazier, c1987.
REF BT111.2 .O23 1987

Veni Creator Spiritus : a theological encyclopedia of the Holy Spirit / by Michael O'Carroll. Collegeville, Minn. : Liturgical Press, c1990.
REF BT121.2 .O335 1990

Chronological and background charts of church history / Robert C. Walton ; with a foreword by Earle E. Cairns. Grand Rapids, MI : Academie Books, c1986.
REF BT146 .W33 1986

Creeds of the churches : a reader in Christian doctrine, from the Bible to the present / edited by John H. Leith. Atlanta : John Knox Press, 1982.
REF BT990 .C655 1982

The Encyclopedia of American religions, religious creeds : a compilation of more than 450 creeds, confessions, statements of faith, and summaries of doctrine of religious and spiritual groups in the United States and Canada / J. Gordon Melton, editor. Detroit, MI : Gale Research Co., c1988.
REF BT990 .E58 1988

The Encyclopedia of American religions, religious creeds. a compilation of more than 450 creeds, confessions, statements of faith, and summaries of doctrine of religious and spiritual groups in the United States and Canada / J. Gordon Melton, [editor] ; with James Sauer. Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., c1994.
REF BT990 .E58 1994
Includes cumulative index to both volumes. "This volume complements and expands earlier work" -- P. xix.

The Creeds of Christendom : with a history and critical notes / by Philip Schaff. New York : Harper, preface 1931, c1919
REF BT990 .S4 1919 3vol

Dictionary of fundamental theology / edited by René Latourelle, Rino Fisichella. New York : Crossroad, 1995, c1994.
REF BT1102 .D5813 1994

Baker encyclopedia of Christian apologetics / Norman L. Geisler. Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Books, c1999.
REF BT1102 .G42 1999

Crimes of perception : an encyclopedia of heresies and heretics / Leonard George. New York : Paragon House, 1995.
REF BT1315.2 .G46 1995

The Nag Hammadi library in English / translated and introduced by members of the Coptic Gnostic Library Project of the Institute for Antiquity and Christianity, Claremont, California ; James M. Robinson, general editor. Leiden ; New York : E.J. Brill, 1996
REF BT1391 .A3 1996

Nag Hammadi bibliography, 1970-1994 / by David M. Scholer. Leiden ; New York : Brill, 1997.
REF BT1391 .S36 1997

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Biography

See also Saints

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The Oxford Companion to Christian Thought / edited by Hastings, Mason & Pyper. Oxford : New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
REF BR95 .O7 2000.

The Oxford dictionary of the Christian Church / edited by F. L. Cross. Oxford : New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
REF BR95 .O8 1963, c1957 1974 1997.

Who's who in Christianity / Lavinia Cohn-Sherbok. London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.
REF BR1700.2 .C64 1998

Who's who in Christian history / J.D. Douglas and Philip W. Comfort, editors ; Wheaton, Ill. : Tyndale House, c1992.
REF BR1700.2 .W47 1992

More than words / William Sydnor. San Francisco : Harper & Row, c1990.
REF BR95 .S93 1990

Lives of famous Christians : a biographical dictionary / Tony Castle. Ann Arbor, Mich. : Servant Books, c1988
REF BR1700.2 .C27 1988

A Dictionary of women in church history / by Mary L. Hammack. Chicago : Moody Press, c1984.
REF BR1713 .H33 1984

Dictionary of Christian lore and legend / J.C.J. Metford. London ; New York : Thames and Hudson, 1983.
REF BR95 .M47 1983

Wycliffe biographical dictionary of the Church / by Elgin Moyer. Chicago : Moody Press, c1982.
REF BR1700.2 .M66 1982

The Concise Oxford dictionary of the Christian Church / edited by Elizabeth A. Livingstone.
REF BR95 .O82 1977

Who's who in church history / William P. Barker. Old Tappan, N.J. : F. H. Revell Co., c1969
REF BR1700.2 .B37

Dictionary of Catholic biography / John J. Delaney and James Edward Tobin. Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, c1961
REF BX4651.2 .D4

A dictionary of Christian biography and literature to the end of the sixth century A.D. : with an account of the principal sects and heresies / edited by Henry Wace, and William C. Piercy. Peabody, Mass. : Hendrickson, 1994.
REF BR95 .W3 1994
Reprint. Originally published : John Murray, 1911. Founded on "the Dictionary of Christian biography, literature, sects, and doctrines, published under the editorship of Dr. Wace and the late Dr. Wm. Smith ... in four large volumes"; the "articles on the great characters of early church history and literature" having been retained "with no material abbreviation." cf. Pref.

A Dictionary of Christian biography, literature, sects and doctrines : being a continuation of "The dictionary of the Bible" / edited by William Smith and Henry Wace. London : J. Murray, 1877-87.
REF BR95 .S65 1877 4vol

SAINTS

The Oxford dictionary of saints / David Hugh Farmer. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.
REF BR1710 .F34 1992

Saints and festivals of the Christian church / by H. Pomeroy Brewster. Detroit : Omnigraphics, 1990
REF BR1710 .B7 1990

The Book of saints : a dictionary of servants of God / compiled by the Benedictine monks of St. Augustine's Abbey, Ramsgate. Wilton, Conn. : Morehouse Pub., 1989.
REF BX4655.2 .B66 1989

Women of grace : a biographical dictionary of British women saints, martyrs, and reformers / by Kathleen Parbury. Stocksfield ; Boston : Oriel Press, 1984, c1985.
REF BX4659.G7 P375 1984

Dictionary of American Catholic biography / John J. Delaney. Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1984.
REF BX4670 .D45 1984

The Penguin dictionary of saints / Donald Attwater. Harmondsworth ; New York : Penguin, 1983.

REF BX4655.8 .A8 1983

Butler's lives of the saints. Westminster, Md. : Christian Classics, 1980, c1956.
REF BX4654 .B8 1980 4 VOL

The Oxford dictionary of saints / David Hugh Farmer. Oxford : Clarendon Press, c1978.
REF BR1710 .F34 1978

The lives of the saints / by Omer Englebert ; translated by Christopher and Anne Fremantle. London : Thames and Hudson, 1951.
REF BX4655 .E513

The lives of the saints / by the Rev. S. Baring-Gould. London, J. C. Nimmo, 1897-1898.
REF BX4655 .B3 1897 16 VOL

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