Elena Lo Castro

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Complete work comprising all 12 volumes of the work arranged in alphabetical order from A to Z, plus the volume of indices and the first supplement. A vast and renowned work that draws on numerous sources, notably those of the Bollandists and the Causes of Canonization. About three hundred specialists contributed to its compilation. Lives, works, cult, and iconography of numerous saints who have been venerated in various eras. With a rich iconographic apparatus. A rare work.

Publisher: Istituto Giovanni XXIII of the Pontifical Lateran University, Rome - Città Nuova, Rome.
Year: 1961-1987.

14 volumes in 4°, of about 1000 pages each.

Opera completa di tutti i 12 volumi dell'opera in ordine alfabetico dalla A alla Z, del volume degli indici e il primo supplemento. Vasta e famosa opera che utilizza numerose fonti fra le quali si evidenziano quelle dei Bollandisti e delle Cause di Canonizzazione. Alla compilazione hanno collaborato circa trecento specialisti. Vita, opere, culto, iconografia di moltissimi Santi che hanno avuto nelle varie epoche una forma di culto. Con ricco apparato iconografico. Opera rara.

Casa Editrice: Istituto Giovanni XXIII della Pontificia università lateranense, Roma - Città nuova, Roma.
Anno: 1961-1987.

14 volumi in 4°, di circa 1000 pp. cad. 

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Aa. Vv. - Bibliotheca Sanctorum - 1961

Religion, Reference, Encyclopedias - Quantity: 14 - Tipped in plates - Reference book

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Bibliotheca Sanctorum, a 14‑volume Italian encyc­lopedia in hardback (4°) with about 12,000 pages, edited by Aa. Vv., originally published 1961–1987 by Istituto Giovanni XXIII and Città Nuova Editrice, with rich iconography and religious content.

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Bibliotheca Sanctorum, a 14‑volume Italian encyc­lopedia in hardback (4°) with about 12,000 pages, edited by Aa. Vv., originally published 1961–1987 by Istituto Giovanni XXIII and Città Nuova Editrice, with rich iconography and religious content.

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Bibliotheca Sanctorum, a 14‑volume Italian encyclopedia in hardback (4°) with about 12,000 pages, edited by Aa. Vv., originally published 1961–1987 by Istituto Giovanni XXIII and Città Nuova Editrice, with rich iconography and religious content.