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Lives of the Saints: From Mary and St. Francis of Assisi to John XXIII and Mother Teresa
Lives of the Saints: From Mary and St. Francis of Assisi to John XXIII and Mother Teresa
Lives of the Saints: From Mary and St. Francis of Assisi to John XXIII and Mother Teresa
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Lives of the Saints: From Mary and St. Francis of Assisi to John XXIII and Mother Teresa

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This pocket edition of Richard McBrien's Lives of the Saints is the perfect concise, handy reference for scholars, students, and general readers.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherHarperCollins
Release dateDec 15, 2015
ISBN9780062467805
Lives of the Saints: From Mary and St. Francis of Assisi to John XXIII and Mother Teresa
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Richard P. McBrien

Richard P. McBrien is Crowley-O'Brien Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame. Educated at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, he has also served as president of the Catholic Theological Society of America. A leading authority on Catholicism, he is the bestselling author of Catholicism, Lives of the Popes, and Lives of the Saints, as well as the general editor of The HarperCollins Encyclopedia of Catholicism. Most recently a consultant for ABC News, McBrien offers regular commentary on all the major television networks. He is also a prizewinning syndicated columnist in the Catholic press.

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    Standard McBrien fare, but thorough as usual. Good reference book; not the best for casual reading. Fr McB can certainly find obscure saints but he also adds a few non-Catholics who would qualify for sainthood except they aren't Catholic. I sure wouldn't disagree with his extra choices.

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