The Golden Legend: Readings on the Saints (1941 Ryan), book

{en} William Granger Ryan. The Golden Legend: Readings on the Saints. London, New York: Longmans, Green and co., 1941. -- New York, Arno Press, 1969 -- Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1993.

Abstract

First English tr. of the Legenda aurea by Jacobus de Voragine, "based on the Latin edition of Graesse, published in Leipzig in 1850."

"Depicting the lives of the saints in an array of both factual and fictional stories, The Golden Legend was perhaps the most widely read book, after the Bible, during the late Middle Ages. In his new translation, the first in modern English of the complete text from the Graesse edition, William Granger Ryan captures the immediacy of this rich, image-filled work, and offers an important guide for readers interested in medieval art and literature and in popular religious culture more generally."--

Contents

Prologue -- The divisions of the year -- The spiritual advent and the return of the Lord -- Saint Andrew the Apostle -- Saint Nicholas -- Saint Ambrose -- Saint Lucy -- Saint Eusibus -- Saint Thomas the Apostle -- The Difference in time -- The Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ -- Saint Anastasia -- Saint Stephen -- Saint John the Evangelist -- The Holy Innocents -- Saint Thomas of Canterbury -- Saint Sylvester -- The circumcision of our Lord -- The Epiphany -- Saint Paul the Hermit -- Saint Hilary -- Saint Felix in Pincis -- Saint Macarius -- Saint Marcellus -- Saint Fursey -- Saint Anthony -- Saint Fabian -- Saint Sebastian -- Saint Agnes -- Saint Vincent -- Saint John the Almoner -- Saint Timothy -- The conversion of Saint Paul -- Saint Julian -- Septuagesima -- Quinquagesima -- Quadragesima -- The Feast of Quarter-Tense -- Saint John Chrysostom -- Saint Ignatius -- The purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary -- Saint Blaise -- Saint Agatha -- Saint Vaast -- Saint Amandus -- Saint Apollonia -- Saint Valentine -- Saint Juliana -- The Chair of Saint Peter at Antioch -- Saint Matthias -- Sanit Gregory -- Saint Longinus -- Saint Patrick -- Saint Benedict -- The Annunciation -- The Passion of Our Lord -- The Difference in time -- The Resurrection of Our Lord -- Saint Secundus -- Saint Mamertinus -- Saint Mary of Egypt -- Saint Leo -- Saint George -- Saint Mark the Evangelist -- Saint Marcellinus -- Saint Vitalis -- Saint Peter Martyr -- Saint Philip the Apostle -- Saint James the Less -- The Invention of the Holy Cross -- Saint John before the Latin Gate -- The Rogations -- Saints Gordian and Epimachus -- Saints Nerius and Achilleus -- Saint Pancritus -- Saint Boniface -- The Ascension of Our Lord -- The Holy Ghost -- The Difference in time -- Saint Petronilla -- Saint Peter the Exorcist -- Saint Primus and Felicianus -- Saint Barnabas -- Saint Basil -- Saints Vitus and Modestus -- Saint Quiricus and His Mother Saint Julitta -- Saint Marina -- Saints Gervasius and Protasius -- The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist -- Saints John and Paul -- Saint Peter -- Saint Paul -- Part Two -- The Seven Sons of Saint Felicitas -- Saint Alexis -- Saint Margaret -- Saint Praxedes -- Saint Mary Magdalen -- Saint Apollinarius -- Saint Christina -- Saint James the Greater -- Saint Christopher -- The Seven Sleepers -- Saints Nazarius and Celsus -- Saint Felix the Pope -- Saints Simplicius and Faustinus -- Saint Martha -- Saints Abdon and Sennen -- Saint Germain the Bishop -- The Holy Machabees -- Saint Peter in Chains -- Saint Stephen the Pope -- The Invention of Saint Stephen the First Martyr -- Saint Dominic -- Saint Sixtus -- Saint Donatus -- Saint Cyriacus and his companions -- Saint Lawrence -- Saint Hippolytus -- The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary -- Saint Bernard -- Saint Simphorianus -- Saint Bartholomew -- Saint Augustine -- The Decollation of Saint John the Baptist -- Saints Savianus and Savina -- Saints Felix and Adauctus -- Saint Lupus -- Saint Giles -- The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary -- Saint Hadrian and His Companions -- Saints Gorgonius and Dorotheus -- Saints Protus and Hyacinthus -- Saint Theodora -- The Exaltation of the Holy Cross -- Saints Cornelius and Cyprian -- Saint Euphemia -- Saint Lambert -- Saint Eustace -- Saint Matthew the Apostle -- Saint Maurice and His Companions -- Saint Justina -- Saints Cosmas and Damian -- Saint Michael the Archangel -- Saint Jerome -- Saint Sophia and Her Three Daughters -- Saint Remy -- Saint Leger -- Saint Francis -- Saint Pelagia -- Saint Margaret -- Saint Thais the Courtesan -- Saints Dionysius, Rusticus, and Eleutherius -- Saint Callixtus -- Saint Luke the Evangelist -- The Eleven Thousand Virgins -- Saints Chrysanthus and Daria -- Saints Simon and Jude the Apostles -- Saint Quentin -- All Hallows -- The Commemoration of All Souls -- Saint Leonard -- The Four Crowned Martyrs -- Saint Theodore -- Saint Martin -- Saint Brixius -- Saint Elizabeth -- Saint Cecilia -- Saint Clement -- Saint Chrysogonus -- Saint Catherine -- Saint James the Dismembered -- Saints Barlaam and Josaphat -- Saints Saturninus, Perpetua, Felicitas, and Their Companions -- Saint Pastor the Abbot -- Saint John the Abbot -- Saint Moses the Abbot -- Saint Arsenius the Abbot -- Saint Agathon the Abbot -- Saint Pelagius the Pope -- The Dedication of A Church -- Index.