Medieval Saints

Mary-Ann Stouck is a retired Associate Professor of Humanities at Simon Fraser University. She is the editor of Medieval Saints: A Reader (University of Toronto Press, 1999) and the author of a variety of essays and studies on saints' lives and Middle English literature.

• List of IllustrationsChronological GuideIntroductionSuggestions for Further ReadingChapter One: Martyrs of the Early Church1.       The Martyrdom of St. Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna2.       The Martyrs of Lyons and Vienne3.       The Passion of SS. Perpetua and Felicitas4.       Tertullian's Address to the Martyrs5.       Augustine Preaches on the Feast of SS. Perpetua and Felicitas6.       The Trials and Execution of Cyprian7.       The Age of Martyrs in Legend: The Seven Sleepers of EphesusChapter Two: The Desert Fathers and Mothers8.       Christianity in the Desert: St. Antony the Great9.       Antony's Disciples: Paul the Simple10.     The First Hermit: St. Paul of Thebes11.     A Harlot in the Desert: Mary of Egypt12.     A Famous Pillar Saint: Symeon Stylites13.     A Transvestite Saint: Mary/MarinaChapter Three: Bishops, Monks, and Nuns14.     St. Martin of Tours15.     The Life and Miracles of St. Benedict16.     Venantius Fortunatus's Life of St. Radegund17.     Radegund Writes to the Bishops18.     An Irish Missionary: St. Gall, by Walahfrid Strabo19.     A Mirror for Monks: The Life of St. Maiol, Abbot of Cluny Chapter Four: Royal Saints20.     Ælfric's Life of St. Edmund, King and Martyr21.     St. Margaret, Queen of ScotlandChapter Five: Pilgrimage22.     St. Augustine on the Rites at the Martyrs' Tombs23.     Pilgrimage and Miracles in North Africa24.     Sæewulf Makes a Pilgrimage to the Holy Land25.     The Pilgrim's Guide to St. James of Compostella26.     Pilgrimage as Metaphor: The Canterbury Tales27.     Jerusalem Pilgrimage in 1480: The Tribulations of Brother FelixChapter Six: Relics28.     Gregory of Tours: The Power of Relics29.     The Humiliation of St. Mitrias30.     The Affair of St. Sergius's Fingerbone31.     Criticism of the Cult of Relics: Claudius of Turin32.     Theft of Relics: The Translation of SS. Marcellinus and Peter33.     False Relics and Imposters34.     Fundraising with Relics: The Monks of Laon35.     Fire at the Shrine of St. EdmundChapter Seven: New Directions 36.     The New Hermits: Godric of Finchale37.     Women's Spirituality I: Christina the Astonishing38.     Women's Spirituality II: Umiltà of Faenza39.     The Conversion of St. Francis of Assisi and the Founding of his Order40.     Humanistic Hagiography: The Writings of St. Francis's Companions41.     The Official Life of St. Francis: The Stigmata42.     The Canticle of Brother Sun43.     The Canonization of St. FrancisChapter Eight: Hagiographic Romances44.     St. Ursula and the Eleven Thousand Virgins45.     Four 'Lives' from The Golden Legend 46.     'Lives' of St. Christopher: The Irish Libar Breac47.     'Lives' of St. Christopher: The South English Legendary48.     An Old French Life of St. Margaret of AntiochChapter Nine: Epilogue49.     A Reformer's View of the Cult of the Saints50.     A Heretic's Confession51.     Erasmus: A Pilgrimage for Religions SakeIndex of TopicsAcknowledgements of Sources in Copyright