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Book of Saints and Heroes
Andrew Lang & Lenora Lang
The first Christians to visit Europe and the British
Isles met pagans who told tales of fairies, talking beasts, and
other wonderful things. To these marvelous stories, they soon added
new ones about the Christian saints.
Some were true, others improbable, and many simply
fantastic. In the ones we include here, you’ll meet the saint
who spent seven Easters on a whale’s back and the amiable
lion who was St. Jerome’s friend. You’ll see St. George
fight the dragon, and you’ll read about the fierce wolf St.
Francis of Assisi converted.
But many of these stories have in them scarcely
a wave of the fairy wand. So you’ll also find here true tales
of great saints such as St. Louis of France, St. Vincent de Paul,
St. Francis Xavier, and St. Elizabeth of Hungary — souls marked
by courage, kindness, and piety.
These marvelous legends and exciting true stories
of Christian saints and heroes will provide many hours of delightful
reading to believers and non-believers alike!
Read the exciting stories of:
- St. Anthony
- St. Augustine
- St. Paul
- St. Brendan
- St. Colette
- St. Columba
- St. Elizabeth of Hungary
- St. Cuthbert
- St. Dorothea
- St. Dunstan
- St. Richard of Chichester
- St. Francis of Assisi
- St. Francis Xavier
- St. Louis IX
- St. Jerome
- St. Margaret of Scotland
- St. George
- St. John of God
- St. Malchus
- St. Senan
- St. Simeon Stylites
- St. Vincent de Paul, and others.
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