Christianity - Biographies
Pope Pius the Tenth
Explore the life and legacy of Pope Saint Pius X, a pivotal figure in the Catholic Church during the early 20th century. Born Giuseppe Melch…
The Life of St. Benedict
St. Benedict of Nursia was a sixth century monk and founder of monastic communities. His main achievement, the "Rule of St. Benedict,&…
The Life of Saint Columba
Saint Columba (521 – 597) was an Irish abbot and missionary credited with spreading Christianity in present-day Scotland. He founded the imp…
Confessions of a Convert
Robert Hugh Benson was the youngest son of Edward White Benson, the Archbishop of Canterbury and his wife Mary. Benson was was a prolific …
The Book of Missionary Heroes
Through the centuries, the world has been witness to an unbroken trail of heroes--men and women who braved privation, danger, and death to b…
Martin Luther
This short, engaging volume summarizes the life of a priest who, intending to spark a lively academic debate by nailing 95 theses on a churc…
St. Bonaventure's Life of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ
Seeing himself as "unequal to so great a task", St. Bonaventure nevertheless endeavored to introduce his readers to the practice o…
Saints and Heroes to the End of the Middle Ages
Though these stories of the lives of twenty saints and heroes of the faith, we have an introduction to the history of the church from 3rd ce…
Ponnamal, Her Story
"A girl stood alone in the dark, listening. No one moved about her; the old mother-in-law who slept near by breathed steadily, she wou…
Selections from Josephus
Jewish historian, military leader and Roman citizen, Titus Flavius Josephus, provides the most thorough history of the 1st century Roman Emp…
The Life of Blessed John B. Marie Vianney
Jean-Baptiste-Marie Vianney, T.O.S.F., (8 May 1786 – 4 August 1859), commonly known in English as St John Vianney, was a French parish pries…
Saint Benedict
Explore the life and legacy of Saint Benedict of Nursia, a pivotal figure in the history of Christianity and the founder of Western monastic…
Saints and Heroes Since the Middle Ages
In this second volume, Hodges uses stories of the lives of fourteen well-known saints and heroes of the faith to continue the history of the…
The Life of St. Hilarion
St. Hilarion (291–371 AD) was an anchorite who lived most of his life in the desert after the example of St. Anthony the Great (251–356 AD).…
The Venerable Don Bosco
This brief sketch of the holy life and marvelous achievements of a great inheritor of the spirit of Saint Francis of Sales, Saint Don Bosco …
The Life and Doctrine of St. Catherine of Genoa
Saint Catherine of Genoa (Caterina Fieschi Adorno, born Genoa 1447 – 15 September 1510) is an Italian Roman Catholic saint and mystic, admir…
William Blake
From the author’s introduction: "Blake’s life of Blake … would have been full of symbolic wild beasts and naked women, of monstrous cl…
The Life of St. Ignatius of Loyola
Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491– 1556) was a Spanish knight from a local Basque noble family, hermit, priest since 1537, and theologian, who …
A Little Book of St. Francis
A Little Book of St. Francis and His Brethren presents with superlative charm the great simplicities and eternal verities in the life of St …
The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha
Saint Kateri Tekakwitha's lifespan of only about 24 years was spent in utter humility and penitence. In spite of her natural diffidence, she…