A Benedictine Martyrology Studies In Christendom on the eve

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A Benedictine Martyrology Studies In Christendom on the eveThis impressive volume, published in 1922 and long out of print, contains an English translation, augmented with new material, of Rev. Peter Lechner's "Ausfhrliches Martyrologium des Benedictiner Ordens und Seiner Verzweigungen" of 1855. The purpose is to gather in one place all Benedictine men and women with a reputation for heroic virtue and holiness, whether officially canonized or not, as a supplement to the Roman Martyrology. Unlike the latter,