Women saints : lives of faith and courage / Kathleen Jones.
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| Language: | English |
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Maryknoll, N.Y. :
Orbis Books,
[1999], ©1999.
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| Physical Description: | ix, 310 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Format: | Book |
Contents:
- Visionaries. Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179)
- Juliana of Mount Cornillon (1195-1258)
- Catherine of Siena (1347-82)
- Catherine of Genoa (1447-1510)
- Edith Stein (Teresa Benedicta of the Cross) (1891-1942)
- Martyrs. Agnes (? 292-305)
- Margaret Clitherow (? 1553-86)
- Madeleine Fontaine (1723-94)
- Hermina Grivot (1866-1900)
- Anuarite Nengapeta (d. 1964)
- Collaborators. Macrina the Younger (c. 330-379) with St. Gregory of Nyssa
- Paula (347-404) with St. Jerome
- Olympias (? 361-408) with St. John Chrysostom
- Clare of Assisi (1194-1253) with St. Francis
- Louise de Marillac (1591-1660) with St. Vincent de Paul
- Wives and Mothers. Helena (c. 250-330)
- Monica (332-87)
- Margaret of Scotland (c. 1046-93)
- Barbe Acarie (Mary of the Incarnation) (1566-1618)
- Anna Maria Taigi (1769-1837)
- Penitents. Eudoxia of Heliopolis (? second century)
- Mary of Egypt (? 344-421)
- Pelagia the Penitent (early fifth century)
- Salome (? ninth century)
- Margaret of Cortona (1247-97)
- Outcasts. Odilia (? d. 720)
- Eustochium of Padua (? 1443-69)
- Jeanne de Valois (Joan of France) (1464-1505)
- Germaine Cousin (c. 1579-1601)
- Josephine Bakhita (c. 1871-1947)
- Innovators. Hilda of Whitby (614-80)
- Jane Frances de Chantal (1572-1641)
- Margaret d'Youville (1701-71)
- Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774-1821)
- Madeleine Sophie Barat (1779-1865)
- Missionaries. Anne-Marie Javouhey (1779-1851)
- Philippine Duchesne (1769-1853)
- Mary MacKillop (1842-1909)
- Frances Xavier Cabrini (1850-1917)
- Katharine Drexel (1858-1955)
- Appendix I. Women in male dress
- Appendix II. Invisible women
- Appendix III. Out of the Cloister. Mary Ward (1585-1644).