The Lives of the Saints, Volume 01 (of 16): January

INTRODUCTION

TO THE

LIVES OF THE SAINTS

THE MARTYROLOGIES

A martyrology means, properly, a list of witnesses. The martyrologies are catalogues in which are to be found the names of the Saints, with the days and places of their deaths, and generally with the distinctive character of their sanctity, and with an historic summary of their lives. The name is incorrect i...