by James Bentley · Sphere · tapa dura · ISBN 9780316029605
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«A Calendar of Saints» is James Bentley's reference work on Christian saints, published by Sphere in hardcover (256 pages, in English).
Organized according to the Christian calendar of saints, it brings together lives of saints from very different eras and backgrounds, from hermits like Simeon Stylites to public figures like Joan of Arc. The biographical portraits include inspiring sayings and rich iconography: more than three hundred paintings, many in full color.
The full subtitle is The Lives of the Principal Saints of the Christian Year. The work was originally published in 1986; this hardcover edition is from 2005.
For readers interested in hagiography, Christian spirituality and religious iconography, as well as in the history of devotional art.
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