Lives of Saints Library

We are grateful to our friends at Traditional Catholic for their extensive research in finding the following resources.

The Sword of Saint Michael: Saint Pius V (L. Browne-Olf) – pdf

The Life of St. Pius V (Fr. T. A. Dyson) – pdf, text, kindle format

Pope St. Pius X (F.A. Forbes) – pdf, text; or audiobook here

Life of Pius X (Msg. E. Schmitz) – pdf, text, kindle format

The Life and Miracles of St. Philomena, Virgin and Martyr – pdf, text, kindle format

Life of the Cure d’Ars, St. J.B.M. Vianney (Alfred Monnin) – pdf, text, kindle format

The Cure of Ars (Kathleen O’Meara)– pdf, text, kindle format

The Blessed John Vianney (Joseph Vianney) – read online

The Life of Bl. John B. Marie Vianney – audiobook

The Man Who Fought the Devil (E. K. Betz) – audiobook

Biography of St. Gemma Galgani (Fr. Amedeo) – pdf, text, kindle format

The Diary of St. Gemma Galgani – pdf, text, kindle format

Autobiography of St. Gemma Galgani – pdf, text, kindle format

Blessed Alexandrina Maria da Costa – read online

Blessed Alexandrina: A Living Miracle of the Eucharist (Kevin Rowles) – read online

Alexandrina: For Love Alone! (E. and Ch. Signorile) – read online

Padre Pio: Time Line, His Own Words, Facts (G. Caccioppoli) – pdf

Padre Pio: Heavenly Facts, and Words of Wisdom (G. Caccioppoli) – pdf

St. Padre Pio and the Miracle of Stigmata – In His Own Words.

The Life of St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori (Fr. A. Tannoja) – pdf, text, kindle format

The Life of St. Alphonsus de Liguori (Fr. A. Carroll) – pdf, text, kindle format

The Life of St. Charles Borromeo (G.P. Giussano) – (Vol I, II)-  pdf, text, kindle format

Saint Charles Borromeo: A Sketch of the Reforming Cardinal (L. Stacpoole-Kenny, St. Pius X) – audio version

Saint Athanasius: The Father of Orthodoxy (F. A. Forbes) – pdf; or audiobook here

Life of St. Augustine (St. Possidius) – audiobook; or read online here

The Life of St. Augustine, Bishop, Confessor, Doctor of the Church (P. E. Moriarty) – pdf, text, kindle

Saint Vincent Ferrer (Stanislaus Hogan) – pdf, text, kindle format

St. Vincent Ferrer, His Life, Spiritual Teaching, and Practical Devotion (Andre Pradel) – pdf

Three Catholic Reformers of the Fifteenth Century: St. Vincent Ferrer, St. Bernardine of Siena, St. John Capistran (M. H. Allies) – pdf, text, kindle format

The Life of St. Bernardine of Siena (Fr. Amadio M. da Venezia) – pdf, text, kindle format

St. Bernardine of Siena (P. Thureau-Dangin) – pdf, text, kindle format

Pio X, un Papa Veneto (part I – pdfpart II – pdfpart III – pdf) … illustrated book about St. Pius X (in Italian language, but even if you don’t read Italian, it’s worth looking at the 100+ historic photographs)

Robert Bellarmine: Saint and Scholar (Fr. James Brodrick) – pdf, text, kindle format

Isabella of Spain: The Last Crusader (William T. Walsh) – pdf

The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus (autobiography of St. Teresa of Avila) – pdf, text, audio

The Life of St. Teresa of Avila (F. A. Forbes) – audiobook

The Life of Saint Teresa (by a Carmelite nun; preface Mons. R. H. Benson) – pdf, text, kindle format

The Life of Saint Teresa (M. Trench) – pdf, text, kindle format

The Life of St. John of the Cross (D. Lewis) – pdf, text, kindle format

Story of a Soul (autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux) – pdf, text, audio

The “Little Way” of Spiritual Childhood: According to the Life and Writings of Blessed Therese of the Child Jesus (Fr. G. Martin) – pdf, text, kindle format

Admirable Life of the Glorious Patriarch St. Joseph (Ven. Maria de Jesus de Agreda) – pdf, text, kindle

The Life and Glories of St. Joseph (E. H. Thompson) – pdf

Story of the Life of St. Paul, the Apostle (M. Seymour) – pdf

Saint Peter and the First Years of Christianity (Abbe Fouard) – pdf, text, kindle format

Life of Our Saviour and St. Peter: The Rock upon which He Built His Church (F. de Ligny) – pdf, text

The Martyrdom of St. Peter and St. Paul (Mons. A. Stapylton Barnes) – pdf, text, kindle format

The Life of St. Paul of the Cross (Fr. Pius a Spiritu Sancto) – pdf, text, kindle format

The Life of Bl. Paul of the Cross (St. Vincent Strambi) – volume Ivolume IIvolume III

The Life of Blessed Paul of the Cross (Fr. Pius of the Name of Mary) – pdf, text, kindle format

Saint John Capistran (Fr Vincent Fitzgerald) – pdf

The Lives Of S Veronica Giuliani Capuchin Nun: And Of The Blessed Battista Varani, Of The Order Of S. Clare (FM Salvatori) – read online

Life of St. Leonard of Port Maurice (Fr. Dominic Devas) – pdf, text, kindle format

The Life of Blessed Leonard of Port Maurice (G. Alapont) – pdf, text, kindle format

The Life of St. Francis de Sales (P. G. Gallizia) – volume Ivolume II

The Life of Anthony (St. Athanasius) – audiobook (life of St. Anthony the Abbot)

Life of Our Holy Father St. Benedict (St. Gregory the Great) -pdf, text; or read online here

The Life of St. Benedict, Patriarch of the Monks of the West (P. Lechner) – pdf, text, kindle

Saint Benedict (F. A. Forbes) – pdf, text, kindle format

Life and Works of St. Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux. – read online

Maid of France: The Story of Joan of Arc (Andrew Lang) – audiobook; or pdf and kindle format here

St. Joan of Arc: The Life Story of the Maid of Orleans (Fr. D. Lynch) – pdf, text, kindle

The Maid of Orleans: Her Life and Mission (Fr. F. M. Wyndham) – pdf, text, kindle format

Blessed Joan of Arc (E. A. Ford) – pdf, text, kindle format

The Conferences of John Cassian (John Cassian; on lives and thoughts of 2nd-3rd century Fathers of the Desert) – pdf, text, audio

The Fathers of the Desert (I. Hahn-Hahn) – pdf, text, kindle format: volume Ivolume II

The Sayings of the Desert Fathers – pdf

The Life of the Angelic Doctor, St. Thomas Aquinas (Pius Cavanaugh) – pdf, text, kindle

The Life and Labours of St. Thomas of Aquin (Mons. Vaughan) – pdf, text, kindle format

St. Thomas Aquinas (G.K. Chesterton) – pdf, text

St. Joseph of Cupertino (Angelo Pastrovicchi) – pdf, text, kindle format

A Tuscan Penitent: The Life and Legend of St. Margaret of Cortona (Fr. Cuthbert) – pdf, text, kindle format

The Life of St. Margaret of Cortona (A. F. Giovagnoli) – pdf, text, kindle format

St. Ambrose, His Life and Times (Angelo Paredi) – pdf

Life of St. Jerome, the Great Doctor of the Church (Fr. J. de Siguenza) – pdf, text, kindle

Life of St. Dominic (Fr. H. D. Lacordaire) – pdf, text, kindle format

The History of St. Dominic, Founder of the Friars Preachers (A. T. Drane) – pdf, text, kindle format

Saint Dominic (Jean Guiraud) – pdf, text, kindle format

The Life of St. Dominic and a Sketch of the Dominican Order (J. S. Alemany) – pdf, text, kindle

St. Martin of Tours (Sulpicius Severus) – read online; or audiobook here

Saint Bonaventure (Fr. L. Costelloe) – pdf, text, kindle format

The Life of St. Francis of Assisi (St. Bonaventure) – pdf

Saint Francis of Assisi (Fr. Leopold de Cherance) – pdf, text, kindle format

St. Francis (G. K. Chesterton) – read online

The Autobiography of Ignatius (St. Ignatius of Loyola) – pdf; or audiobook here

History of the Life and Institute of St. Ignatius de Loyola (Fr. D. Bartoli) – volume Ivolume II

The Spirit of St. Ignatius (Fr. Xavier de Franciosi) – pdf, text, kindle format

Saint Ignatius Loyola (F. Thompson) – pdf, text, kindle format

In God’s Army: I. St. Ignatius, St. Francis Xavier (Fr. C. C. Martindale) – pdf, text, kindle format

The Life of Saint Philip Neri (Fr. P. G. Bacci) – pdf, text, kindle format

Life of St. Anthony of Padua (Fr. S. Dirks) – pdf

The Wonder-Worker of Padua (Charles W. Stoddard) – audiobook

Saint Anthony of Padua (Fr. T. F. Ward) – pdf

St. Anthony of Padua, His Life and Miracles (M. Farnum) – pdf, text, kindle format

Albert the Great (J. Sighart) – pdf, text, kindle format

Brother André: The Miracle Man of Montreal (George Ham) – pdf

The Autobiography of St. Anthony Mary Claret– pdf

Life of St. Vincent de Paul (F. A. Forbes) – audiobook

Don Bosco: A Sketch of His Life and Miracles (Charles D’Espiney) – pdf

Life and Works of Venerable Don Bosco, Apostle of Youth (M. S. Pine) – pdf, text, kindle format

The Life of Dominic Savio (S. John Bosco) – read online

The Life of St. Francis Borgia (A. M. Clarke) – pdf, text, kindle format

The Priest of the Eucharist: St. Peter Julian Eymard (M. E. Herbert) – pdf, text, kindle

Venerable Pierre Julien Eymard, Priest of the Eucharist (Fr. E. Tenaillon) – pdf, text, kindle format

The Holy Man of Tours: Life of Leon Papin-Dupont (P.D. Janvier) – pdf, text, kindle

Bernadette (Henri Lasserre) – pdf, text, kindle format

Life of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque (Mons. E. Bougaud) – pdf, text, kindle format

Life of Blessed Margaret Mary, and Devotion to the Sacred Heart (Fr. G. Tickell) – pdf, text, kindle

The Life of St. Teresa Margaret Redi (Mons. A. Albergotti) – pdf, text, kindle format

Life of St. Catharine of Siena (Blessed Raymond of Capua) – pdf, text, kindle format

Life and Doctrine of St. Catherine of Genoa (St. Catherine of Genoa) – pdf, text

The Life of St. Mary Magdalene de Pazzi (V. Cepari) – pdf, text, kindle format

The Life of St. Mary Magdalene de Pazzi (Fr. P. Fabrini) – pdf, text, kindle format

The Life of Venerable Anna Maria Taigi (E. Healy Thompson) – pdf, text, kindle format

The Life and Revelations of St. Gertrude (St. Gertrude the Great) – pdf, text, kindle

St. Gertrude the Great (Fr. G. Dolan) – pdf, text, kindle format

Life of Sister St. Rita of Cascia (Fr. Jose Sicardo) – pdf, text, kindle format

Life of St. Rita of Cascia (Fr. R. Connolly) – pdf, text, kindle format

The Life of Saint Monica (F. A. Forbes) – audiobook; or pdf, text and kindle format here

Life of St. Monica (Abbe Bougaud) – pdf, text, kindle format

Saint Lydwine of Schiedam (J.-K. Huysmans) – pdf

St. Lydwine of Schiedam (Thomas a Kempis) – pdf, text, kindle format

The Incredible Life Story of Sister Elena Aiello (Fr. F. Spadafora) – pdf

The Life of St. Mary Magdalene, or, The Path of Penitence (Fr. T. S. Preston) – pdf, text, kindle

The Life of St. Mary Magdalen (D. Cavalca) – pdf, text, kindle format

The Life of St. Macrina (St. Gregory of Nyssa) – audiobook

The Life of St. Boniface (G. W. Robinson, St. Willibald) – pdf, text, kindle format

Saint Louis (Marius Sepet) – pdf

Life of St. Elizabeth of Hungary (Count de Montelembert) – pdf

The Life and Legend of St. Clare (F. Dupuis) – pdf, text, kindle format

The Life of Saint Clare (Fr. Thomas of Celano) – pdf, text, kindle format

Life of Venerable Maria de Jesus de Agreda (Fr. J. Ximenez Samaniego) – pdf, text, kindle

The Life and Revelations of Anne Catherine Emmerich (Fr. C. E. Schmoeger) – (vol. I+II) pdf, text, kindle format

The Lives of St. Jane Frances de Chantal and St. Rose of Viterbo (F. M. de Chaugy) – pdf, kindle format

St. Catherine de Ricci: Her Life, Letters, Community (F. M. Capes) – pdf, text, kindle format

Autobiography of Blessed Anne of St. Bartholomew – pdf, text, kindle format

Life of St. Cecilia, Virgin and Martyr (Dom Prosper Gueranger) – pdf, text, kindle format; or audiobook here

The Life of St. Rose of Lima (J. B. Feuillet) – pdf

St. Rose of Lima: The Flower of the New World (F. M. Capes) – audiobook

Life of St. Angela Merici (Fr. F. J. Parenty) – pdf, text, kindle format

The Spiritual Doctrine of Sister Elizabeth of the Trinity (Fr. M. M. Philipon) – pdf

The Life of Venerable Madeleine Barat (Mons. Baunard) – pdf, text, kindle format

The Life of St. Mary Frances of the Five Wounds of Jesus (Fr. D. Ferris) – pdf, text, kindle

Life of Sister Mary of St. Peter, Carmelite of Tours (autobiography) – pdf, text, kindle

Upon God’s Holy Hills: I. St. Antony of Egypt, St. Bruno, St. John of the Cross (Fr. C. C. Martindale) – pdf, text, kindle format

Saint Bruno the Carthusian (Fr. A. Ravier) – read online

The Life of St. Cajetan, Founder of the Theatines (G. M. Zinelli) – pdf, text, kindle format

The Life of St. Cajetan of Thiene (Fr. B. Destutt de Tracy) – pdf, text, kindle format

Catholic Reformer: A Life of St. Cajetan of Thiene (P. H. Hallett) – pdf

The Life of St. John of God, Founder of the Hospitallers (J. G. de Villethierry) – pdf, text, kindle

The Life of St. Thomas of Villanova (C. Maimbourg) – pdf, text, kindle format

The Lives of St. Thomas of Villanova, and of St. Francis Solano – pdf, text, kindle format

Life, Virtues and Miracles of St. Gerard Majella (Fr. E. Saint-Omer) – pdf, text, kindle format

Life of St. Gerard Maiella (Fr. O. R. Vassall-Phillips) – pdf, text, kindle format

Life of St. Camillus de Lellis (Fr. Sanzio Ciccatelli) – pdf, text, kindle format

Camillus de Lellis, the Hospital Saint (M. C. Lyons) – pdf, text, kindle format

The Life of St. John Berchmans (N. Frizon, G. Boero) – pdf, text, kindle format

The Life of Blessed Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows (Fr. H. Hage) – pdf, text, kindle format

Life of St. Aloysius Gonzaga (Fr. F. Goldie) – pdf, text, kindle format

The Life of St. Francis Xavier: Apostle of the Indies and Japan (D. Bartoli, G. P. Maffei) – pdf, kindle

The Life and Letters of St. Francis Xavier (H. J. Coleridge) – volume Ivolume II

A Life of St. Francis Xavier (M. T. Kelly) – pdf, text, kindle format

The Life of Blessed Alphonsus Rodriguez (H. Foley) – pdf, text, kindle format

The Life of St. Stanislas Kostka (E. Healy Thompson) – pdf, text, kindle format

St. Clement Maria Hofbauer (Fr. J. Hofer) – pdf

The Cistercian Fathers: Lives and Legends of the Saints and Blessed of the Order of Citeaux – pdf, text, kindle format

Life of St. Peter Claver, Apostle of the Negroes (Fr. B. G. Fleuriau) – pdf, text, kindle

Damien the Leper (John Farrow) – pdf

The Lepers of Molokai (Ch. W. Stoddard) – audiobook (story of St. Damien of Molokai); or pdf, kindle here

Life of St. John Neumann (Fr. J. A. Berger) – pdf, text, kindle format

The First American Sister of Charity: Elizabeth Bayley Seton (J. C. Reville) – audiobook

The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha (E. H. Walworth) – pdf

Pius IX and His Time (Fr. A. McDonell Dawson) – pdf, text, kindle format

The Story of Hildebrand, St. Gregory VII (E. M. Wilmot Buxton) – pdf, text, kindle format

The Life of St. George (E. Clapton) – pdf, text, kindle format

The Life of Sir Thomas More (Cresacre More) – pdf

Sir Thomas More: His Life and Times (W. J. Walter) – pdf, text, kindle format

The Life and Martyrdom of St. Thomas Becket (Fr. J. Morris) – pdf, text, kindle format

Life of Blessed John Fisher, Bishop, Cardinal and Martyr (Fr. T. E. Bridgett) – pdf, text, kindle

Fisher of Men: A Life of John Fisher (M. Dowling) – pdf

The Glorious Martyrdom of Edmund Campion and His Companions (William Cardinal Allen) – pdf, text, kindle format

Apologia Pro Vita Sua (Bl. John Henry Newman) – pdf, text, audio

A Life of Cardinal Newman (Fr. T. C. McGoldrick) – pdf, text, kindle format

The Life of St. Columba, Apostle of Scotland (F. A. Forbes) – audiobook

Life of St. Malachy of Armagh (St. Bernard of Clairvaux) – pdf, text, kindle format

The History of St. Cuthbert: His Life, Decease, and Miracles (Abp. Charles Eyre) – pdf, text, kindle format

Two Lives of St. Cuthbert (anonymous monk; Ven. Bede) – pdf

Life of St. Cuthbert (Fr. E. Consitt) – pdf, text, kindle format

Confession (Autobiography of St. Patrick) – audiobook; pdf and text version here

St. Patrick: His Life, His Heroic Virtues, His Labours (Fr. D. Kinane) – pdf, text, kindle format

The Life and Writings of St. Patrick (Abp. John Healy) – pdf, text, kindle format

Life of St. Alnselm (Eadmer) – pdf [latin/english]

History of Saint Norbert (Fr. C. J. Kirkfleet) – pdf, text, kindle format

Saint Edmund, King and Martyr (Fr. J. B. Mackinlay) – pdf, text, kindle format

St. Jude Thaddeus (Fr. L. C. Gainor) – pdf, text, kindle format

Life and Writings of St. Irenaeus (James Beaven) – pdf, text, kindle format

Life of John Chrysostom (F. M. Perthes) – read online

St. John Chrysostom: His Life, Eloquence and Piety (W. J. Walter) – pdf, text, kindle format

St. Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna (J. Blomfield) – pdf, text, kindle format

St. Justin the Martyr (Fr. C. C. Martindale) – pdf, text, kindle format

Victories of the Martyrs or The Lives of the Most Celebrated Martyrs of the Church (St. Alphonsus de Liguori) – pdf, text, kindle format

The Acts of the Early Martyrs (Fr. J. A. M. Fastre) -pdf:  volume Ivolume IIvolume IIIvolume IVvolume V

The Paradise, or Garden of the Holy Fathers: Histories of the Anchorites, Recluses, Monks, Coenobites and Ascetic Fathers of the Desert – pdf, text, kindle format

Butler’s Lives of the Saints – pdf; or read online here; or audiobook here

Saints for Sinners (Fr. A. Goodier) – pdf, text, kindle format

The Path of Obedience: A Book of Saints (D. Pepito) – pdf

The Path of Sacrifice: A Book of Saints (D. Pepito) – pdf

The Path of Service: A Book of Saints (D. Pepito) – pdf

The Book of Saints: A Dictionary of Servants of God Canonized by the Catholic Church – pdf, kindle

A Year with the Saints: A Virtue for Every Month of the Year – audiobook

 

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