How do I find out about the early christian saints? There's so many of them and I don't know which are relevant or which are made up, what miracles they performed, what they said, what role they played in spreading Christianity, etc, etc.
Is there any good books on the subject for people who don't know where to begin?
Bump. Really interested in the too.
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It's probably fairly safe to assume most of them are made up.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Catholic_saints
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_early_Christian_saints
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronological_list_of_saints_and_blesseds
Here's a book that is entirely online:
http://www.bartleby.com/210/
The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints
Compiled from Original Monuments and Authentic Records
In Twelve Volumes
Peter Brown's The Cult of the Saints. Haven't read it, but one of my lecturers recommended it.
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