Saint Biographies: Recommendations?

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I’m reading Chesteron’s biography of St. Francis and I’m enjoying it. I want to read more deeply about the saints. Any recommendations for biographies that are well-written and interesting and, preferably, sympathetic to the Catholic perspective?
 
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edmondhall:
I’m reading Chesteron’s biography of St. Francis and I’m enjoying it. I want to read more deeply about the saints. Any recommendations for biographies that are well-written and interesting and, preferably, sympathetic to the Catholic perspective?
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The biography of St. Francis de Sales written by Louise Stacpoole-Kenny is quiet good. Very bold man, he had such an effect on people and took great risks for the propagation of the Catholic faith.

I got my copy at TAN’s website.
 
Thomas Merton’s “The Seven Storey Mountain” was an inspiration to me. His theology is sometimes called into question and he is not yet a saint, but his story is one of searching for the truth after a series of false answers and ultimately finding peace within God.

I would reccommend it, especially to teenagers.
 
If you wait a little while, “treasures in clay” will be the biography of a cannonized saint (it already is the biography of a saint IMHO)
 
The biography of St John Bosco.It’s one of my favorites:thumbsup:
 
Phyllis McKinley had a book in the 50s called Saints for our Time, which was the best and first adult saint bios I read. you might try amazon or other sources for a used copy. her bio of St. Thomas More was great, and some of her bios were poems.
 
Try the fictional books of the following saints lives written by Louis de Wohl,

The Quiet Light, about St. Thomas Aquinas
Citadel of God, about St. Benedict
The Golden Thread, about St. Ignatius of Loyola
The Joyful Begger, about St. Francis of Assisi
The Restless Flame, about St. Augustine

Keep in mind they are fiction but there is alot of fact in them.
Enjoy and God Bless
 
I am going to suggest an auto-biography:
A Story of a Soul by St. Therese of Lisieux
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Thomas Merton’s “The Seven Storey Mountain” was an inspiration to me. His theology is sometimes called into question and he is not yet a saint, but his story is one of searching for the truth after a series of false answers and ultimately finding peace within God.

I would reccommend it, especially to teenagers.
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The Seven Story Mountain is excellent for young adults.

Another great one for young adults is St. Gabriel Possenti

Francis Possenti of Assisi, who became Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows as a Passionist, fell in love with a girl, as was normal for an 18-year-old boy. But he also fell in love with the ideal of spending all of his energies serving God and others. And this is how he remains forever remembered by history – as a young man in love, dying while his love was still full of passion, song and poetry. He seized life and spent it with such impetuous commitment that, at the age of 24, it was entirely consumed. He had loved to death. Or to life, which is the same. The enthralling adventure of his life is retold here and illustrated with a 16-page color insert in a way that will appeal to anyone who ever fell in love.
 
I have 3 for you… Father Solanus by Catherine O’dell (OSV)…Faustina Apostle of Divine Mercy also by Catherine O’dell (OSV) and The Holy Man on the Mountain ( about Padre Pio) by Frank M Rega (Aventine Press/Tan books).
 
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