I gave up the notion of writing the life of Joan of Arc, as I found that there was absolutely no new material to be gleaned on her history - in fact, she had been thrashed out.

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• Sabine Baring-Gould:

  Brittany can hardly claim the attention of the tourist as a superlatively beautiful country. The wa

• Sabine Baring-Gould:

  The charm of Brittany is to be found in the people and in the churches. The former, with their pecu

• Sabine Baring-Gould:

  The Breton peasant is said to have a hard head. He is obstinate and resists outside pressure to alt

• Sabine Baring-Gould:

  The north coast of Brittany is eaten into bays from which the sea retreats to considerable distance

• Sabine Baring-Gould:

  The martyrologies are catalogues in which are to be found the names of the saints with the days and

• Sabine Baring-Gould:

  In the primitive church, it was customary for the Holy Eucharist to be celebrated on the anniversar

• Sabine Baring-Gould:

  The Saints are the elect children of the spouse of Christ, the precious fruit of her body; they are

• Sabine Baring-Gould:

  Saint Mochua was the son of a certain Cronan, of noble race, and spent his youth in fighting. At th

• Sabine Baring-Gould:

  Saint Ignatius was a convert and disciple of S. John the Evangelist. He was appointed by S. Peter t

• Sabine Baring-Gould:

  Ireland was, of old, called the Isle of Saints because of the great number of holy ones of both sex