THE

Lives of the Saints

REV. S. BARING-GOULD

SIXTEEN VOLUMES

VOLUME THE THIRD


THE ANNUNCIATION.
After Francia, in the Church of S. John Lateran, Rome.

March.—Front.


The
Lives of the Saints

BY THE
REV. S. BARING-GOULD, M.A.

New Edition in 16 Volumes

Revised with Introduction and Additional Lives of
English Martyrs, Cornish and Welsh Saints,
and a full Index to the Entire Work

ILLUSTRATED BY OVER 400 ENGRAVINGS

VOLUME THE THIRD

March

LONDON
JOHN C. NIMMO
14 KING WILLIAM STREET, STRAND
MDCCCXCVII


Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co.

At the Ballantyne Press


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Virgin and Child surrounded by a host of worshippers

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