A Book About the Saints

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I have been looking recently for a book about saints of the Church. A book that perhaps has short biographies of many famous saints, or even a book that lists all saints known to the Church. I heard that such a book exists, but I have no idea what it is called. Does anybody have any ideas.

Also, after a previous post, I have devised a list of traditional practices as listed below. If anybody could help me add to that, then that would be tremendous.
  1. Attending the Extraordinary Form Mass.
  2. Crossing oneself when in the presence of a Catholic Church.
  3. Not eating any meat on Fridays throughout the year.
  4. Seeking to gain indulgences more often than Catholics do these days.
  5. Fasting from midnight to before Holy Communion.
  6. Weekly Confession.
  7. Ember Days.
  8. Rogation Days.
  9. Holy Water font.
  10. Bow head when passing a crucifix and when hearing the name of Our Lord.
  11. Celebration of Baptism Dates.
  12. Sign of the cross when starting an automobile, and saying “Deo fidens proficio”.
Yours in Christ and His Blessed Mother
 
Butler’s Lives of the Saints. A condensed version is likewise entitled Lives of Saints, published by John J. Crawley & Co. in 1954.
 
Thank you very much, a helpful suggestion.
Does anybody, perhaps a more traditional Catholic, have anything to add to my list?
 
Perhaps some Catholics who grew up before the Second Vatican Council, or who are very much traditionalists, could help add to my list. I hope to be able to practice a range of pious devotions.

God Bless
 
Some traditional disciplines and practices I know of from old prayer books and stuff are
  1. Fasting everyday in Lent except Sundays
  2. Fasting and abstinence on vigils of Assumption, Christmas, and Holy Saturday
  3. Fasting on vigils of Pentecost & All Saints
  4. Saying “Deo gratias” when God grants you something
  5. Saying the Confiteor before Confession. This used to be said in Confession but would be said before entering the confessional if a lot of people were in line. Since it isn’t part of Confession anymore, I just say it before.
  6. Bowing to priests or kissing their hand. My great grandparents would kiss the priest’s shoes but I think slight bows would be better received nowadays.
 
Thank you for your replies. A now have a very good list. I hope that others might be able to continue to add to the list. But, thank you to those who have replied. I anticipate that rather few Catholics these days are aware of such pious practices.
 
I second that. I have recently ordered Butler’s book from Amazon.
 
catholic03 said:
A book that perhaps has short biographies of many famous saints, or even a book that lists all saints known to the Church. I heard that such a book exists, but I have no idea what it is called. Does anybody have any ideas.
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Maybe you’re talking about the Legenda Aurea(Golden Legend), a collection of hagiographies compiled by the blessed Fra Jacobus da Varagine around 1260.
 
Butler’s Lives of the Saints is a classic. I also use the Laudate app daily; whoever the editor is does a great job in compiling the “Saints of the Day.” It is a good learning tool about all saints, popular or obscure.
 
Google ‘traditional catholic free books’ sorry am not allowed to add links :roll_eyes:)

awsome website with many free catholic books on almost everything and with many books on the saints 🙂

On confession Alphonsus Liguori has some great stuff
 
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