Description |
ix, 310 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-310) and index. |
Contents |
Visionaries. Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) -- Juliana of Mount Cornillon (1195-1258) -- Catherine of Siena (1347-82) -- Catherine of Genoa (1447-1510) -- Edith Stein (Teresa Benedicta of the Cross) (1891-1942) -- Martyrs. Agnes (? 292-305) -- Margaret Clitherow (? 1553-86) -- Madeleine Fontaine (1723-94) -- Hermina Grivot (1866-1900) -- Anuarite Nengapeta (d. 1964) -- Collaborators. Macrina the Younger (c. 330-379) with St. Gregory of Nyssa -- Paula (347-404) with St. Jerome -- Olympias (? 361-408) with St. John Chrysostom -- Clare of Assisi (1194-1253) with St. Francis -- Louise de Marillac (1591-1660) with St. Vincent de Paul -- Wives and Mothers. Helena (c. 250-330) -- Monica (332-87) -- Margaret of Scotland (c. 1046-93) -- Barbe Acarie (Mary of the Incarnation) (1566-1618) -- Anna Maria Taigi (1769-1837) -- Penitents. Eudoxia of Heliopolis (? second century) -- Mary of Egypt (? 344-421) -- Pelagia the Penitent (early fifth century) -- Salome (? ninth century) -- Margaret of Cortona (1247-97) -- Outcasts. Odilia (? d. 720) -- Eustochium of Padua (? 1443-69) -- Jeanne de Valois (Joan of France) (1464-1505) -- Germaine Cousin (c. 1579-1601) -- Josephine Bakhita (c. 1871-1947) --Innovators. Hilda of Whitby (614-80) -- Jane Frances de Chantal (1572-1641) -- Margaret d'Youville (1701-71) -- Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774-1821) -- Madeleine Sophie Barat (1779-1865) -- Missionaries. Anne-Marie Javouhey (1779-1851) -- Philippine Duchesne (1769-1853) -- Mary MacKillop (1842-1909) -- Frances Xavier Cabrini (1850-1917) -- Katharine Drexel (1858-1955) -- Appendix I. Women in male dress -- Appendix II. Invisible women -- Appendix III. Out of the Cloister. Mary Ward (1585-1644). |
Summary |
Includes saints who were visionaries, martyrs, collaborators in scholarly works or in the foundation of religious organizations, wives and mothers, penitents, social outcasts, innovators, and missionaries. |
Subject |
Christian women saints -- Biography.
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Christian women saints. (OCoLC)fst00859586
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Genre/Form |
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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Biographies.
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ISBN |
1570752915 |
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9781570752919 |
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