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.
