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Author Jones, Kathleen, 1922-2010.

Title Women saints : lives of faith and courage / Kathleen Jones.

Imprint Maryknoll, N.Y. : Orbis Books, ©1999.

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 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Reference Material  REFERENCE 282.0922 JONES    In-Library Use Only
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  282.0922 JON    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  282.092 JONES    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  282.092 J77W    Check Shelf
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.
Christian women saints. (OCoLC)fst00859586
Genre/Form Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
Biographies.
ISBN 1570752915
9781570752919
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