Early Irish Saints - Couverture souple

O Riordain, John J.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1856073459 ISBN 13 : 9781856073455

Editeur : Columba Press, 2001

Synopsis

Book by Riordain John J O O Riordain John J

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

These short popular essays on fourteen well-known and well-loved early Irish saints present a very readable and informative amalgam of often scarce historical fact and much folklore and legend from the tradition of the people. Fr ó Ríordáin introduces the book with an overview of the sources for information on these saints which includes a most informative and helpful commentary on what the authors of the early Lives of the saints saw as their function something very different from the function of a modern day biographer. The result is a series of very lively pen-pictures which reverberate with the traditional faith and insights of the people who kept these stories alive for over a millennium. The saints include Patrick, Brigid, Colmcille, Enda, Brendan the Navigator, Cummian the Tall, Ciarán of Clonmacnoise, Ninnidh, Ita, Kevin, Adomnán, Cainnech, Columbanus and Gall.

Biographie de l'auteur

John J. ó Ríordáin is a member of the Redemptorist community. He was born in Kiskeam, Co. Cork, and was educated in Limerick, Galway, Seattle and Montreal. He is a missioner and adult development facilitator working mainly, but not exclusively, in Ireland.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Columba Press
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1856073459
• ISBN 13: 9781856073455
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 128
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible