The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints - Alban Butler

The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints

By Alban Butler

  • Release Date: 1773-01-01
  • Genre: Biographies & Memoirs

Description

While these 1,458 entries are composed from a distinctly 18th-century Catholic perspective, Alban’s syntheses of multitudinous histories result in an enlightenment of the ecclesiastical side of Western cultural development, with particular emphasis on the early Christian era.

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