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  • Himanis

    This project is not immediately connected to saints. Nevertheless, it is an excellent digital resource for hagiographic research because the actual manuscripts are searchable, for example for the term “saint”. The goal of Himanis is to digitise, transcribe and index medieval manuscripts and thus make them accessible to scholars. Currently, they are indexing the Trésor…

  • International Medieval Sermon Studies Society

    The International Medieval Sermon Studies Society (IMSSS) is a society which promotes the study of medieval sermons and preaching. They also investigate the social, historical and literary context of the sermons. The society annually publishes a journal called “Medieval Sermon Studies” which members have access to online (membership is 27€/35$ a year). They also hold…

  • Internet Medieval Sourcebook: Saints‘ Lives

    The Internet Medieval Sourcebook (IMS) is part of the Internet History Sourcebook project, which aims at providing digital versions of public domain original source texts and can be used as an online textbook. The sub-catalogue for hagiography lists the sources by era and geographical origin (for example “Celtic Saints”, “Byzantine Saints” etc.). Additionally, they provide…

  • Mapping Miracles

    The project Mapping Miracles. A Database of Motifs in Insular Hagiography was initially started by students and aims to develop a taxonomy and online repository of miracles in saints’ lives written in Latin and the regional vernaculars in Britain and Ireland between 600 and 1200. They are aiming at developing a useful resource for researchers.…

  • Medieval Nordic Text Archive

    The Medieval Nordic Text Archive (Menota) was founded in 2001 and is a network of 15 Nordic archives, libraries and research departments. They aim at publishing medieval texts and manuscript facsimiles from Nordic countries in digital form and making them available online. They offer about 50 medieval Nordic tests which are mostly in Old Icelandic…

  • Ménestrel: Medieval Latin Hagiography

    Ménestrel collects web resources on medieval studies and aims to contribute to the networking in the field at a European level. The website is in English but the entries are mostly in French. The web resources are grouped into different topics of medieval research and there is a sub-section on Latin hagiography. The entry is…

  • Mirabile Web

    The Italian website MIRABILE provides a database of hagiographical source material in Latin, Italian and German languages in cooperation with some other projects. The website itself is available in Italian and English. The search query offers several options to refine the search, especially in terms of manuscripts. Additionally, there are search proposals to guide and…

  • Narrative Sources: The Narrative Sources from the Medieval Low Countries

    Narrative Sources from the Medieval Low Countries is an annotated collection of narrative source texts of all kinds which originate in the historical area of the medieval Low Countries. This includes historiographical sources as well as hagiographical texts. The entries contain a great deal of information on the genesis of the text (author, period of…

  • OKI Regensburg – Unsere Linksammlung

    A German collection of links to the homepages of Orthodox archdioceses and dioceses from around the world (sorted by country) as well as links to Catholic, Protestant and Ecumenical associations and dioceses. They also include several websites on liturgy. This site might be particularly interesting if you are looking for local contacts in specific regions.

  • patristica.net

    patristica.net collects available online editions of papal literature, church councils and other patristic writings. English translations are partly included. The website collects editions of Labbé from the 17th century, Giovanni Domenico Mansi from the 18th century and Heinrich Denzinger from the 19th century. Access to the Patrologiae Cursus Completus Series Graecea and Series Latina by…