Lives Of The Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, And The Commemorations Of Holy Persons (Volume Vi), (Hardcover)

Saints, places and parish memory from early Christian Ireland. History that still inspires today. Volume VI of John O'Hanlon's Lives of the Irish Saints is a catholic hagiography anthology that reads as both a lives of saints book for general readers and a rigorous reference for scholars. Its pages record feast day commemorations, local cults and parish lore that illuminate early christian ireland and the broader sweep of irish religious history. Part of a wider irish saints collection, O'Hanlon's careful method offers the spiritual biographies ireland has relied on to connect family memory, place and piety. Entries combine concise biography, surviving documents and notes on veneration, so the work functions as both a devotional companion and a practical source for parish historians and genealogists. Often mentioned alongside butler's lives of the saints, these john o'hanlon works stand out for their exacting use of sources and local testimony - qualities that make the volume valuable to clergy, antiquarians and the catholic family library. A defining work of nineteenth century ireland devotional scholarship, this volume preserves local calendars, oral testimony and memorials of holy persons that shaped Catholic life across the island. It is accessible to curious readers and exacting enough to serve as a reference for scholars, appealing equally to casual readers and classic-literature collectors. As a witness to parish practice and liturgical memory, the work remains a primary source for studies of devotional change, regional cults and the chronology of feast day commemorations. Republished with care, the text also helps modern readers understand how faith, place and social history intertwined in nineteenth century ireland and beyond. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure. Perfect for libraries, collectors and readers drawn to spiritual biographies ireland.