Williamsburg Regional Library

A who's who of your ancestral saints, by Alan J. Koman

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-446)

collective biography

no index present

non fiction

A who's who of your ancestral saints

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589368881

by Alan J. Koman

For anyone interested in his or her own genealogical links to medieval Europe and early Christianity, Alan Koman's new book offers an extraordinary opportunity. For the first time, the lives of 275 early European saints are retold and accompanied by lineages connected those saints to twenty-four of the great men and women of medieval Europe. Today, those twenty-four men and women have hundreds of millions of living descendants. The historical period covered by this work is vast. From St. Gregory "the Illuminator" (b. 256-d. 326) to St. Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster (b. ca 1277-d. 22 March 1322), the saints presented in this book span ten centuries. Some were great men, such as Alfred "the Great," Bernard of Clairvaux, and Charlemagne; others, such as Elizabeth of Hungary, Marie of Brabant, and Odilia, led lives that are just as moving today as in their own time

Introduction -- part I. Twenty-four Medieval Europeans and their two hundred and seventy-five ancestral saints -- part II. Saints who are direct ancestors; contents for Part II, profiles and lineages -- part III. Saints who are aunts and uncles; contents for Part III, profiles and lineages -- List of abbreviations -- List of abbreviated sources -- About the author

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