Lives of the Saints
Compiled by Jacobus de Voragine,
Archbishop of Genoa, 1275
First Edition Published 1470
ENGLISHED by WILLIAM CAXTON, First Edition 1483
From the Temple Classics Edited by F.S. ELLIS First issue of
this Edition, 1900 Reprinted 1922, 1931
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This
collection of about 170 lives of the Saints was the most read book during the
Ages of Faith, second only to the Holy Bible. It is one of the all-time
Catholic classics, of immense unction, and is the basis of much
iconography. The book is presented here in seven files, one for each volume
of the printed edition used. Select the volume you require, according to
the lists below, and then you will be able click to go straight to the
passage you desire; the files are quite large, so you will have to give
them time to load. The page numbers given below may be used in conjunction
with the Index of Saints and the General Index given at the end of volume
seven.
Volume 1
(Complete Text in
one file)
v
Prologue
v
The Golden Legend
v
The Advent of our Lord,
4
v
The Nativity of our
Lord, 11
v
The Circumcision of our
Lord, 13
v
The Feast of the
Epiphany, 18
v
Septuagesma, 23
v
Sexagesima, 25
v
Quinquagesima, 26
v
Quadragesima, 27
v
The Ember Days, 28
v
The Passion of our Lord,
29
v
The Resurrection, 38
v
The Litanies More and
Lesser, 44
v
The Ascension of our
Lord, 47
v
The Feast of Pentecost,
53
v
The Feast of the Holy
Sacrament [Feast of Corpus Christi], 61
v
The Feast of Dedication
of the Temple, 65
v
The History of Adam, 74
v
The History of Noah, 79
v
The History of Abraham,
82
v
The History of Isaac and
his two sons, Esau and Jacob, 90
v
The History of Joseph,
100
v
The Story of Moses, 112
v
The Ten Commandments,
123
v
Glossary, 130
Volume 2
(Complete Text in
one file)
v
The History of Joshua, 3
v
The History of Saul, 3
v
The History of David, 14
v
The History of Solomon,
20
v
The History of Rehoboam,
24
v
The History of Job, 25
v
The Life of S. Tobit, 27
v
The Life of S. Judith,
36
v
The Life of S. Andrew,
42
v
The Life of S. Nicholas,
49
v
The Feast of the
Conception of our Lady, 55
v
The Lives of SS.
Gentian, Fulcian, and Victorice, 58
v
The Life of S. Lucy, 59
v
The Life of S. Nicasius,
61
v
The Life of S. Thomas
the Apostle, 62
v
The Life of S.
Anastasia, 67
v
The Life of S. Eugenia,
68
v
The Life of S. Stephen,
68
v
The Life of S. John the
Evangelist, 72
v
The History of the Holy
Innocents, 79
v
The Life of S. Thomas of
Canterbury [Thomas Becket], 82
v
The Life of S.
Silvester, 88
v
The Life of S. Paul the
first Hermit, 91
v
The Life of S. Remigius,
93
v
The Life of Hilary, 95
v
The Life of Firmin, 96
v
The Life of Macarius, 97
v
The Life of Felix, 99
v
The Life of Marcel, 100
v
The Life of Anthony [of
Egypt], 100
v
The Life of Fabian, 103
v
The Life of Sebastian,
104
v
The Life of Agnes, 109
v
The Life of Vincent, 113
v
The Life of Basil, 115
v
The Life of John the
Almoner, 120T
v
The Conversion of S.
Paul, 125
v
Glossary,126
Volume 3
(Complete Text in
one file)
v
The Life of S. Pauline
[Paula], 1
v
The Life of S. Julian,
4
v
The Live of S. Ignatius
[of Antioch], 8
v
The Purification of our
Lady, 9
v
The Life of S. Blase
[Blaise], 13
v
The Life of S. Agatha,
15
v
The Life of S. Amande,
18
v
The Life of S. Vedaste,
19
v
The Life of S.
Valentine, 20
v
The Life of S. Juliana,
21
v
The Chairing of S.
Peter, 23
v
The Life of S.
Matthias, 25
v
The Life of S. Gregory,
27
v
The Life of S. Longinus
32
v
The Life of S. Maur, 33
v
The Life of S. Patrick,
35
v
The Life of S. Benet
[Benedict], 37
v
The Life of S.
Cuthbert, 43
v
The Annunciation of our
Lady, 45
v
The Life of S. Seconde,
47
v
The Life of S. Mary of
Egypt, 49
v
The Life of S. Ambrose,
51
v
The Life of S. Alphage,
56
v
The Life of S. George,
58
v
The Life of S. Mark, 62
v
The Life of S.
Marcelin, 66
v
The Life of S. Vital,
67
v
The Life of S. Peter of
Milan, 68
v
The Life of S. Philip,
72
v
The Life of S. James
the Less, 73
v
The Invention of the
Holy Cross, 78
v
The History of S. John,
Port Latin, 82
v
The Life of S. Gordian,
82
v
The Lives of SS. Nereus
and Achilleus. 83
v
The Life of S. Pancrace
[Pancras], 84
v
The Life of S. Urban,
85
v
The Life of S.
Pernelle, 86
v
The Life of S. Dunstan,
87
v
The Life of S. Aldhelm,
89
v
The Life of S. Austin
that brought Christianity into England [Augustine], 90
v
The Life of S. Germain,
94
v
The Life of S. Peter,
Deacon, 97
v
The Lives of SS. Prime
and Felician, 98
v
The Life of S. Barnabas
the Apostle, 99
v
The Lives of SS. Vitus
and Modestus, 102
v
The Lives of SS.
Quirine and Juliet, 104
v
The Life of S. Marine
[Marina], 104
v
The Lives of SS.
Gervase and Prothase, 105
v
The Life of S. Edward,
King and Martyr, 107
v
The Lives of SS. Alban
and Amphiabel, 109
v
The Nativity of S. John
Baptist, 116
v
The Life of S. Loye,
120
v
The Life of S. William,
123
v
The Life of S.
Eutropius, 124
v
The Life of S. Marcial
[Martial], 126
v
The Life of S.
Genevieve, 130
v
Glossary, 141
Volume 4
(Complete Text in
one file)
v
The Life of S. Maturin, 3
v
The Life of S. Victor, 4
v
The Lives of SS. John and
Paul, 5
v
The Life of S. Leo the
Pope, 7
v
The Life of S. Peter the
Apostle,. 8
v
The Life of S. Paul the
Apostle, 15
v
The Seven Brethren, 23
v
The Life of S. Theodora,
24
v
The Life of S. Swithin
[Swithun], 26
v
The Translation of S.
Thomas of Canterbury, 28
v
The Life of S. Kenelm, 30
v
The Life of S. Margaret,
32
v
The Life of S. Praxede, 35
v
The Life of S. Mary
Magdalen, 36
v
The Life of S.
Appollinarius,. 43
v
The Life of S.
Christine, 45
v
The Life of S. James the
More [James the Greater], 47
v
The Life of S.
Christopher, 53
v
The Seven Sleepers [of
Ephesus], 57
v
The Lives of SS. Nazarien
and Celsus, 60
v
The Life of S. Felix, 63
v
The Lives of SS.
Simplician, Faustin and Beatrix, 64
v
The Life of S. Martha, 64
v
The Lives of SS. Abdon and
Sennen,. 67
v
The Life of S. Germain, 68
v
The Life of S. Eusebius,
71
v
The Seven Maccabees, 73
v
S. Peter ad Vincula, 73
v
The Life of S. Stephen the
Pope, 78
v
The Invention of S.
Stephen, Protomartyr, 78
v
The Life of S. Dominic, 82
v
The Life of S. Sixtus,
Pope, 94
v
The Life of S. Donatus, 96
v
The Life of S. Ciriacus,
97
v
The Life of S. Laurence,
98
v
The Life of S. Hippolytus,
107
v
The Assumption of our
Lady, 110
v
Glossary, 127
Volume 5
(Complete Text in
one file)
v
The Life of S. Rocke
[Roch, Rocco], 3
v
The Life of S. Bernard
[of Clairvaux], 8
v
The Life of S.
Timothy,16
v
The Life of S.
Symphorien, 16
v
The Life of S.
Bartholomew,17
v
The Life of S. Austin of
Hippo [Augustine], 23
v
The Decollation of S.
John Baptist [Beheading of John the Bpatist], 33
v
The Life of S. Felix, 38
v
The Life of S. Savien,
39
v
The Life of S. Savina,
39
v
The Life of S. Lowe or
Lupus [Lupe], 41
v
The Life of S.
Mammertin, 43
v
The Life of S. Giles, 44
v
The Nativity of Our
Lady, 47
v
The Life of S. Adrian,
54
v
The Life of S.
Gorgone,57
v
The Lives of SS. Prothus
and Jacinctus, 58
v
The Exaltation of the
Holy Cross, 60
v
The Life of S. John
Chrysostom, 65
v
The Lives of SS.
Cornelius and Cyprian, 68
v
The Life of S. Eufemia
[Euphemia], 69
v
The Life of S. Lambert,
70
v
The Life of S.
Matthew,71
v
The Life of S. Maurice,
75
v
The Life of S. Justina,
79
v
The Lives of SS. Cosmo
and Damian [Cosmos], 82
v
The Life of S. Forsey,
84
v
The Feast of S. Michael,
86
v
The Life of S. Jerome,
94
v
The Translation of S.
Remigius, 98
v
The Life of S. Logier
[Ledger], 100
v
The Life of S. Francis
[of Asissi],101
v
The Life of S.
Pelagienne [Pelagia], 111
v
The Life of S. Margaret,
also called S. Pelagien [Pelagia/us],113
v
The Life of S. Thaisis
[Thais],114
v
The Life of S. Denis,
116
v
The Life of S. Calixtus,
120
v
Glossary, 122
Volume 6
(Complete Text in
one file)
v
The Life of S. Edward
the Confessor, 3
v
The Life of S. Luke, 23
v
The Lives of SS.
Crisaunt and Daria, 29
v
The Story of S. Ursula
and the Virgins, 30
v
The Lives of SS. Crispin
and Crispinian, 33
v
The Lives of SS. Simon
and Jude, 35
v
The Life of S. Quintin,
39
v
The Life of S. Eustace
[Eusthathius], 40
v
The Feast of All Hallows
[All Saints], 45
v
The Commemoration of All
Souls, 51
v
The Life of S.
Winifred,60
v
The Life of S. Leonard,
62
v
The Four Crowned
Martyrs, 65
v
The Life of S.
Theodore,66
v
The Life of S. Martin
[of Tours], 66
v
The Life of S. Brice, 74
v
The Life of S. Clare [of
Asissi], 75
v
The Life of S. Barbara,
93
v
The Life of S. Alexis,
96
v
The Life of S. Elizabeth
[of Hungary], 100
v
The Life of S. Edmund,
Bishop,107
v
The Life of S. Hugh [of
Lincoln], 112
v
The Life of S. Edmund,
King, 113
v
The Life of S. Cecilia,
115
v
The Life of S. Clement,
118
v
The Life of S.
Grysogoue, 125
v
Glossary, 127
Volume 7
(Complete Text in
one file)
v
The Life of S.
Katherine, 4
v
The Life of S.
Saturnine, 17
v
The Life of S. James
the Martyr, 19
v
The Life of the
Venerable Bede, 21
v
The Life of S. Dorothy,
22
v
The Life of S. Brandon,
25
v
The Life of S.
Erkenwold, 33
v
The Life of S. Pastor,
36
v
The Life of the Abbot
John, 38
v
The Life of S. Moses,
38
v
The Life of S.
Arsenius, 39
v
The Life of the Abbot
Agathon, 41
v
The Story of Barlaam
and Josaphat, 42
v
The Life of S.
Pelagius, 51 [includes the History of the Lombards]
v
The Life of S. Simeon,
67
v
The Life of S.
Polycarp, 70
v
The Life of S.
Quiriacus, 72
v
The Life of S. Thomas
Aquinas, 74
v
The Life of S. Gaius,
77
v
The Life of S. Arnold,
79
v
The Life S. Turien, 82
v
The Life S. Fiacre, 83
v
The Life of S. Justin,
86
v
The Life of S.
Demetrius, 87
v
The Life of S.
Rigobert, 88
v
The Life of S. Landry,
89
v
The Life of S.
Mellonin, 90
v
The Life of S. Ives, 91
v
The Life of S. Morant,
95
v
The Life of S. Louis of
France, 97
v
The Life of S. Louis,
Bishop, 102
v
The Life of S.
Aldegonde, 104
v
The Life of S. Albine,
105
v
The History of the
Mass, 107
v
The Twelve Articles of
the Faith, 125
v
Appendix, 128
v
Life of St. Erasmus,
128
v
Glossary, 132
v
Index of Saints, etc.,
134 (of all 7 volumes)
v
General Index, 141 (of
all 7 volumes)