The Virgin Martyrs

A Hagiographical and Mystagogical Interpretation

by Michael J K Fuller

This unique book by Michael Fuller provides the reader with the interpretive skills to re-read the lives of the saints.  In modern times, the medieval stories of the saints have been either simply ignored or have been interpreted as colourful examples of cultural history.  But the legends and stories of the saints were always told within and around the sacramental and liturgical life of the church: in catechesis, in homilies, even in the names by which people were baptized. In other words, the stories of the saints were tools in preaching and promoting the Gospel of Christ.

Hillenbrand books, 2011

178 pages