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).
Schlagwort-Archive: Early Modern Era
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 sources for pilgrimage in Western Europe and about the contemporary critical handling of the cult of saints. While most of the sources are dedicated to one saint, the IMS also gives access to important hagiographical collections like the Golden Legend of Jacobus de Voragine or the work of Symeon Metaphrastes. The user – and that’s of the greatest benefit – can search the catalogue as well as the full text. However, the search procedure is split into different search engines. Reading the introduction to the search procedure is recommended. Not all of the links are still working but it still is an excellent resource for students and scholars! Paul Halsall and the large number of contributors included Latin and vernacular hagiographic texts and even some translations which makes the IMS a truly valuable source!
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 rather conveniently: you will be able to either research a particular author by the help of an alphabetical list or to browse via the categories “Vitae Miracula” and “Order Provinces”. Moreover, the authors of the website, namely Bert Roest and Maarten van der Heijden, also provide a small compilation of virtual publications and bibliographies on medieval and Franciscan preaching, medieval exegesis, Franciscan historiography and Franciscan travel and missionary works, all of which were last updated between 2017 and 2019. Additionally, the site lists a wide range of handy research resources, which are arranged bibliographically and can therefore be easily accessed for your own advanced research.
Make sure that you use the current website as the old version is still online, but is no longer updated.
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 for a specific manuscript or conduct a more general research (author, work, century, country). Also, you can search for specific saints as Pinakes also provides the digitised manuscripts of the Greek hagiographic manuscripts of the Société des Bollandistes (BHGms, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Graeca manuscripta). They also link to useful resources and further catalogues. The website is updated regularly.
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. They include liturgy, papal documents, patristic texts, and much more.
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 society’s own award, the “The Hagiography Society Book Prize” which they have been awarding annually since 2017; their own book series called “Sanctity in Global Perspective” and plans for the major medieval conferences in the United States and Great Britain (Kalamazoo, Leeds). The website has a useful online bibliography (currently unavailable) and a small selection of links (not annotated). The website also has a members only area, which includes a newsletter, additional accesses and other perks.
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. The website might be useful if you want to have an overview of the topics which were discussed among scholars of hagiography between 2009 and 2016, although the entries differ in length and quantity of information. Some parts of the menu are in Greek which make it difficult to use for people who cannot read the Greek alphabet.
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 other options available: you will be able to browse the site via categories such as occupation, life status, gender, type of death, characteristics of the respective saint (e.g. disability) and the pope who beatified or canonised a saint. Additionally, there are several lists of saints (organised by alphabet, patronage groups, calendar etc.). The length and the content of the entries vary, although there are similarities in the structure of the entries (memorial, profile, born, died, canonation, representation and additional information such as books and other internet sources). However, it must be mentioned that the project is the work – in his own words – of an amateur hagiographer: the site does not provide access to its sources and while the site features a great collection of downloadable ebooks, the scientific value of these books has to be examined before using them for academic research – the same goes for the entries of the main site.
Nevertheless, the value of this site lies in the extensive amount of its entries and the very useful research categories. This way, the site is able to accommodate researchers with different interests.
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.
Syriaca – Qadishe and BHSE
The website Syriaca combines five databases, two on Syrian saints, both of which are open access. The database Qadishe, the Syriac term for „saint“, is a personal database of Syrian saints and authors who have written hagiographic texts about Syrian saints or about Syrian authors of hagiographic texts in general. The database offer several search options: time restriction, gender, related persons, places and works. There is also an alphabetical listing of all entries.
The second database BHSE (Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca Electronica) is a database of Syrian hagiographic texts or hagiographic texts about Syrian saints. A total of over 1800 entries have already been included. The entries provide information on the author, tradition, beginning and end of the text as well as a bibliography. Here, too, there are numerous search options: for example, you can search for keywords, authors, but also for modern translations. The search for related persons is very useful. Both databases can thus be linked in the work and unfold their full potential in their interaction. The BSHE also offers an alphabetical listing of all entries.