Early Modern Era

  • CatholicSaints.Info

    A site that collects information on “15,771 saints, beati, venerables and feasts“ and provides a vast amount of information for hagiographic research. Among the key benefits of this site is the extensive amount of search options: your research is not limited to the name or feast day of a saint but there are plenty of…

  • Dictionary of Catholic Theology

    A French website concerning saints linking to digitised editions and entries of the „Dictionnaire de Théologie Catholique“ (grouped by type: doctors of the church, church fathers, mystics, century).

  • Documenta Catholica Omnia

    The website Documenta Catholica Omnia. Omnium paparum, conciliorum, ss. Partum, doctorum scriptorumque ecclesiae qui ab aevo apostolico ad usque Benedicti XVI tempora floruerunt is concerned with making Latin editions of Christian documents available online. The website is also in Latin. It provides a multitude of PDF-files and links to online versions of the respective editions.…

  • Franciscan Authors (13th -18th century)

    A continually growing catalogue listing Franciscan authors who lived between the 13th and 18th century. In addition to biographical information on the life and work of the respective authors, the entries comprise information on manuscripts and editions of the author’s works as well as literature on the author and/or their works. The site is structured…

  • Hagiography Society

    The Hagiography Society was founded in 1990 and is the largest Anglo-American network for all historical research on saints and sanctity. The society aims to establish worldwide networking and communication. Its main focus lies on the medieval era, but does also welcome researchers from all eras and disciplines. Additionally, the websites provides information about the…

  • 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…

  • 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.

  • Pinakes – Textes et manuscrits grecs

    The French website Pinakes – Textes et manuscrits grecs aims at compiling information on all Greek texts up to the 16th century based on archive and library catalogues. Pinakes has about 200000 entries based on 13000 texts of which there are a total of 40000 manuscripts. There are two search options: you can either search…

  • Saint Pachomius Library

    The Saint Pachomius Library is an encyclopaedia of Orthodox Christianity established in 1994. The site accommodates a vast amount of entries on several topics related to Orthodox Christianity (e.g. information on geographical region, biblical figures and saints). Unfortunately, the site does not offer any search functions but can only be navigated with the help of…

  • Studies on Christian Hagiography

    Studies on Christian Hagiography is a blog dedicated to the study of Christian hagiography. It mainly collects conference programmes, calls for papers and links to sources on Christian hagiography up to 2016. The entries are grouped by topics: the column on the right lists a call for participation, the aforementioned topics and the blog’s archive.…