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Confessions (Outler translation)

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Saint Augustine of Hippo

Confessions (Latin: Confessiones) is the name of an autobiographical work, consisting of 13 books, by St. Augustine of Hippo, written betwee…

The Story of Joan of Arc

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Andrew Lang

Joan of Arc is a folk heroine of France and a Roman Catholic saint. Claiming divine guidance, she led the French army to several important v…

Foxe's Book of Martyrs Vol 1, A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphan…

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John Foxe

The Book of Martyrs, by John Foxe, is an English Protestant account of the persecutions of Protestants, many of whom had died for their beli…

The Life of St. Teresa

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St. Teresa of Avila

Saint Teresa of Ávila, also called Saint Teresa of Jesus, baptized as Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada, (March 28, 1515, at …

Historia de la Sagrada Pasión sacada de los cuatro evangelios, Parte I

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Padre Luis De La Palma

Luis de la Palma (Toledo 1560 - Madrid 1641) fue un jesuita español y uno de los grandes maestros espirituales del Siglo de oro a la …

Saint Francis of Assisi: A Biography

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Johannes Jorgensen

Born to a prosperous cloth merchant of Assisi, Francis (1182-1226) lived the typically high-spirited life of a wealthy young man of his day,…

Foxe's Book of Martyrs Vol 2, A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphan…

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John Foxe

The Book of Martyrs, by John Foxe, is an English Protestant account of the persecutions of Protestants, many of whom had died for their beli…

The Autobiography of St. Ignatius

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St. Ignatius Loyola

This account of the life of St. Ignatius, dictated by himself to Father Gonzalez, is a most valuable record of the great Founder of the Soc…

The Story of a Soul (Version 2)

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Saint Therese Of Lisieux

She is also known as St. Thérèse of Child Jesus. She was born at Alençon, France, 2 January 1873; died at Lisieux 30 Se…

Lives of the Saints: With Reflections for Every Day in the Year

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Alban Butler

Compiled from the much larger 12 book set of "Butler's Lives of the Saints", this volume contains short biographies of the Saints,…

Saint Athanasius: The Father of Orthodoxy

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Frances Alice Forbes

A short and rather old fashioned biography a great saint. Don't expect subtlety; it's unapologetic hagiography. The saint is presented as a …

Acres of Diamonds

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Russell Conwell

Text of famous inspirational lecture and biography of Russell Conwell, a Baptist minister and Temple University Founder (Summary by Scott Da…

Saint Benedict

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Frances Alice Forbes

Saint Benedict of Nursia (c. 480 – 543 or 547) is honoured by the Catholic Church as the patron saint of Europe and students. Benedict found…

The Life of Saint Monica

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Frances Alice Forbes

This book is above all things the story of a mother. But it is also the story of a noble woman—a woman who was truly great, for the reason t…

The Book of Missionary Heroes

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Basil Joseph Mathews

Through the centuries, the world has been witness to an unbroken trail of heroes--men and women who braved privation, danger, and death to b…

St. Francis of Assisi

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G. K. Chesterton

For Chesterton, Francis of Assisi is a great paradoxical figure, a man who loved women but vowed himself to chastity; an artist who loved th…

Recollections of a Missionary in the Great West

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Cyrus Townsend Brady

Brady was a journalist, historian, adventure writer, and Episcopal priest. As a priest he spent some time on the American frontier as a miss…

The Man Who Fought the Devil

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Eva K. Betz

Jean Marie Vianney always found it hard to learn. In fact, he made history by receiving a zero as his examination mark after his first year …

The Life and Doctrine of St. Catherine of Genoa

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Saint Catherine of Genoa (Caterina Fieschi Adorno, born Genoa 1447 – 15 September 1510) is an Italian Roman Catholic saint and mystic, admir…

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