Studies in Irish Hagiography: Saints and Scholars

by John Carey (Editor), Máire Herbert (Editor), Pádraig Ó Riain (Editor)

This book examines many aspects of Irish hagiography: the Columban tradition; the traditions of other Irish saints; Irish saints and Brittany; Irish saints' lives in continental Europe; approaches to the study of Irish hagiography and hagiographical scholarship: from seventeenth-century beginnings to contemporary projects.

420 pages, Hardcover

First published May 23, 2001