BUTLER'S LIVES OF THE SAINTS. THE LIVES OF THE FATHERS, MARTYRS, AND OTHER PRINCIPAL SAINTS; VOLUME III, JULY-SEPTEMBER de REV. ALBAN BUTLER; UNDER HAND OF FRANCIS PATRICK ARCHBISHOP BALTIMORE - 1920

BALTIMORE: JOHN MURPHY COMPANY, 1920 VERY NICE LOOKING DARK BLUE COVER, LIGHT WEAR COVER. CLEAN AND TIGHT THROUGHOUT. JULY-SEPTEMBER, CONTENTS AND PAGES INDEX IN BACK. NO DATE LISTED. CIRCA 1920, EARLY 1900'S. METROPOLITAN PRESS ADDITION. COMPILED FROM THE ORIGINAL MONUMENTS AND OTHER AUTHENTIC RECORDS. ILLUSTRATED WITH THE REMARKS OF AUDICIOUS MODERN CRITICS AND HISTORIANS. Francis Patrick Keough (December 30, 1890 – December 8, 1961) was an American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Providence (1934-1947) and Archbishop of Baltimore (1947-1961). Alban Butler (13 October 1710 – 15 May 1773) was an English Roman Catholic priest and hagiographer. Alban Butler was born in 1710, at Appletree, Aston le Walls, Northamptonshire, the second son of Simon Butler, Esq. His father died when he was young and he was sent to the Lancashire boarding school ran by Dame Alice. He went on to a Catholic further education at the English College, Douai, in France. In 1735 Butler was ordained a priest. At Douai, he was appointed professor of philosophy, and later professor of theology. It was at Douai that he began his principal work The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs and Other Principal Saints. He also prepared material for Richard Challoner's Memoirs of Missionary Priests, a work on the martyrs of the reign of Elizabeth. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.