Christianity - Biographies

Saint Augustin

by Louis Bertrand Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
What, indeed, is more romantic than this wandering life of rhetorician and student that the youthful Augustin led, from Thagaste to Carthage…

St. Francis of Assisi

by G. K. Chesterton 4.8
In this brief but lively biography, G.K. Chesterton brings all his typical wit and insight into discussing Francis of Assisi. Francis is arg…

St. Joseph of Copertino

by Rev. Angelo Pastrovicchitranslated Byrev. Francis S. Laing, Rev. Angelo Pastrovicchitranslated By Rev. Francis S. Laing and Rev. Angelo Pastrovicchi Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.9
Joseph of Copertino (1603 – 1663) was an Italian Conventual Franciscan friar who is honored as a Christian mystic and saint. He was said to …

St. Francis of Assisi

by G. K. Chesterton Read by Matthew James Gray 4.8
In this brief but lively biography, G.K. Chesterton brings all his typical wit and insight into discussing Francis of Assisi. Francis is arg…

The Sainted Queens

by Unknown Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.7
A collection of short biographies of six Catholic Queens who became saints. Saint Margaret of Scotland - Saint Elisabeth of Portugal - Saint…

The Life of Rev. Henry Martyn

by John Hall Read by Hannah Mary 4.7
Henry Martyn (1781-1812), a brilliant and ambitious young student in Cambridge, England, was led by God to be a missionary to India and Pers…

The Apostles

by Ethan R. Longhenry 5
The good news of Jesus of Nazareth, the Christ, is a most compelling message.  Yet Jesus did not write anything down; everything we kno…

The Quiet Flame

by Eva K. Betz Read by Maria Therese 4.7
“You will never be a leper nor will any Sister of our Order.”The amazing promise was made by Mother Marianne of Molokai, the “Quiet Flame” o…

The Life and Glories of St. Joseph

by Edward Healy Thompson Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
A wonderful work on the life of St. Joseph, the true husband of the Virgin Mary, and foster-father of Jesus Christ. - Summary by Mozartjr

Charles Simeon

by Handley Carr Glyn Moule Read by InTheDesert 5
Charles Simeon had come up to King’s college from Eton, a wild undergraduate, famous for his love of horses and extravagance in dress; but o…

The Lives of the Fathers of the Eastern Deserts

by Richard Challoner Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
Enlightening, profitable, edifying, inspiring – a few words to describe this collection of lives and sayings of the Desert Fathers and Mothe…

Silver Chimes in Syria

by William S. Nelson Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
William S. Nelson, D.D., was appointed as a missionary to Syria by the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church, USA in 1888. I…

The Rule of Pachomius at Tabenna

by Palladius Read by ancientchristian 4.5
The Desert Fathers were early Christian hermits, ascetics, and monks who mainly lived in the Scetes desert of Egypt. The most famous was St.…

A Handful of Stars

by Frank W. Boreham Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
This is the second of a five volume series called "Texts That Made History". As with the first volume, "A Bunch of Everlastin…

The Valley of Baca

by Jennie Smith Read by TriciaG 3.8
Jennie Smith was a 19th-Century Job. At 15 years old, her father's business and finances failed, and he later died of illness, leaving her f…

Woman in Sacred History

by Harriet Beecher Stowe Read by Ron Altman 4.6
A series of sketches of 19 women in the Bible, drawn from scriptural, historical and legendary sources. Separated into 3 divisions: Women of…

A Book of English Martyrs

by E. M. Wilmot-Buxton Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.9
This volume is a simple narrative suited to children's understanding of the thrilling times when English Catholics suffered for the Faith in…

De Smet's Letters and Sketches

by Fr. Pierre-Jean De Smet Read by Carol Pelster 4.5
In 1841 and 1842, Fr. Pierre-Jean DeSmet traversed the wide and wild American West to bring the gospel to the Flatheads, who had sent multip…

Life of Saint Gerard Majella

by Rev. O. R. Vassall-Phillips Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
Saint Gerard Majella was an Italian lay brother of the Redemptorists. His only ambition was to be like Jesus Christ in his sufferings and hu…

Rev. William P. Gale

by William Gale 5
Archive of the works by Rev. William P. Gale brought to you by Covenant People's Ministry Founder of the Ministry of Christ Church in Maripo…

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