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| | Description | Every Catholic saint, local and liturgical, is honoured on a particular day of the year. In many cases, an order of precedence has been worked out to determine which saints are most important. In "Saints", Rosa Giorgi has chosen up to three saints for every day of the year, along with representations of those saints ranging from world-famous works of art to more modern depictions. From a wide variety of sources, Giorgi has composed a short explanation of each saint to accompany the illustration, including etymology of names, historical background, occupations, cities and countries of patronage. Although many well-known saints are depicted, including Francis of Assisi, Joan of Arc and Thomas Aquinas, some relatively obscure saints are pictured as well. | |
| | Product Details | | Author: | Rosa Giorgi | | Hardcover: | 780 pages | | Publisher: | Abrams | | Publication Date: | September 01, 2006 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 0810954990 | | Product Length: | 6.38 inches | | Product Width: | 4.76 inches | | Product Height: | 2.08 inches | | Product Weight: | 2.27 pounds | | Package Length: | 6.3 inches | | Package Width: | 5.0 inches | | Package Height: | 1.9 inches | | Package Weight: | 2.15 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 20 reviews |
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45 of 46 found the following review helpful:
 Great Inspiring Heroes Jan 05, 2007
By N. Adam
"Catholic priest"
As a Catholic priest for over 30 years, I am a lover of spiritual books and stories of role models of the faith. SAINTS: A YEAR in FAITH and ART is just such a book! In addition to the brief paragraphs about each saint, the art work presented relating to the saint is itself worth moments of reflection. If you want more knowledge of a saint, I suggest ALL SAINTS by Robert Ellsberg. If you want a succint understanding of a saint, this is your book! The cover, the daily portrayals and the art work all are worth this price!
PS: I bought several copies and gave them to my Staff for Christmas gifts. They loved it!
13 of 14 found the following review helpful:
Daily Encounters Enriched by the Saints Jul 26, 2007
By Robert K. Cochrane
The book offers a daily review of a saint or blessed within the Catholic faith. An overview of their life and who they are patron saints of is included. What I enjoyed most was learning the Saints name origin and what it means. Each review is only 1 large paragraph and a picture is included. What a wonderful way to start or end your daily prayers!
10 of 11 found the following review helpful:
Saints A Year in Faith and Art May 26, 2008
By DOROTHEA MULQUEEN
As a Catholic School librarian, I highly recommend this
book. One of the very delightful aspects of this book is
it's beautiful physical appearance. It is small in size,
remanisant of medieval hand printed books. The smooth
paper and gilt cover add to it's appeal. There is a brief
description of each saint with an accompanying picture
on the opposite page. The old masters art work is
lovely. However, some of the pictures are graphic and
may not be for very young children.
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Lovely Wall Calender Sep 24, 2010
The reproductions contained in this calender are lovely. This is my second "saints" calender so I must like the product. Very beautiful for personal use and as a gift.
9 of 11 found the following review helpful:
 WARNING: Heresay Within! Otherwise, it would be alright. Apr 26, 2011
By L337 Catholic
I bought this book at an airport near New Years hoping that it would help me keep regular with my spiritual readings. Each entry is fairly short and has excellent artwork, but every now and again the author feels the need to define the following of a saint as a "cult" which was borderline, but I overlooked it as possible a mistranslation. What really peaked my displeasure was that instead of veneration, the word "worship" is used such as on page 244 under the entry for Saint George:
"Worshiped as a Soldier-Saint at his presumed birthplace of Lydda (modern Lod, near Jerusalem), George lived between the 3rd and 4th centuries."
THE CATHOLIC FAITH PROHIBITS THE WORSHIP OF SAINTS!!!
I saw one other review in here by a priest and was shocked that he did not mention this point. Worship is a degree of prayer and praise reserved for God, who alone is worthy. The degree to which we remember the works of the saints and do them honor is best described in Corinthians: "Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God; consider the outcome of their life, and imitate their faith" (Heb. 13:7).
I suggest if you already bought the book, double check some of what it says with other sources. Even Wikipedia will make a distinction between veneration and worship in their articles. When the wording on Wikipedia is more in line with teachings of the Catholic Church than a published book by a respectable company like Abrams, you know there is a problem!
To Catholics, I caution you to find a better book if you can. I have written the publisher about the concerns I am posting here with no response so far.
To others wishing to learn about the Saints of the Catholic Church, please, do not use this as your main source. Find something instead that has been reviewed and approved by the Church.
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