Late Antiquity

  • Acta Sanctorum Database

    The Acta Sanctorum Database provides the online version of the complete printed texts of Acta Sanctorum. You will have to register via ProQuest or use your library’s subscription in order to access the database. The database is extremely user-friendly. Also, you can search the texts via keywords. Moreover, you will find references to the BHL.…

  • AISSCA: Associazione Italiana per lo Studio della Santità dei Culti e dell’Agiografia

    This is the website of the Italian Association for the study of sanctity, cults and hagiography. They share information on their organisation, their members as well as upcoming events they are holding. Moreover, the section „Biblioteca agiografica“ continuously presents the latest publications from the hagiographic research field by recommendation of the society’s members. Also, they…

  • Arbeitskreis für hagiographische Fragen

    The Arbeitskreis für hagiographische Fragen was founded in 1994 and since then has been dedicated to interdisciplinary and international exchange on hagiographic research. While the focus of the working group lies on hagiographic texts and hagiographic discourse, it also deals with questions of religiosity, piety and sacredness. The website of the working group provides information…

  • Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina Manuscripta BHLms

    A digital issue of the manuscripts recorded in the Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina, BHL. You get access to the catalogue of the BHL where you may enter a Saint’s name or a BHL-identifier and get an overview of and information on the manuscripts published by Bollandistes concerning the respective saint. The website is in French and…

  • Bibliothek der Kirchenväter

    The Bibliothek der Kirchenväter is a German website, which provides a selection of patristic literature in a German 19th century translation. These revised texts are very useful for a first access to Patristics and are available for reuse (with an appropriate reference). Very useful is the possibility to search for a specific term within the…

  • 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…

  • Christian Classics Ethereal Library

    The Christian Classics Ethereal Library provides access to Christian literature from all time periods. All documents, which can either be read online or downloaded, allow for a full text search. Conveniently, the entire content of the CCEL is searchable by author, title, format, subject and language. Additionally, they list the writings of the Early Church…

  • 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.…

  • Hagiographie et Histoire (Haghis)

    HagHis: Hagiographie et Histoire: atelier français de recherches sur l’hagiographie médiévale is a French blog and research group on hagiography in the Middle Ages. The blog no longer seems to be active (last post as of march 2019). However, it still is a useful resource as it aims to inform on conferences and colloquiums concerned…