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Catholic Saints.(NEW REFERENCE WORKS IN WOMEN'S STUDIES)(The Big Book of Women Saints)(Book review)
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Feminist Collections: A Quarterly of Women's StudiesResources
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December 22, 2008
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- Fore, Janet S.
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Sarah Gallick, THE BIG BOOK OF WOMEN SAINTS. New York: HarperCollins, 2007. 467p. bibl. index. $16.95, ISBN 978-0-06-082512-6.
A book of saints' lives is most often compiled in calendar order, with each saint listed on his or her feast day as determined by the Catholic Church. Some readers use such a book as an inspirational volume, reading an entry each day. Others may simply want to know which saint is celebrated on a particular day of the month. Other reference works about saints are in the manner of biographical dictionaries or are organized by the states of human condition or virtues of which the saints are named patrons.
Sarah Gallick's contribution to this ...