The Oxford Dictionary of Saints

RR 2011/356 The Oxford Dictionary of Saints (5th revised edition) David Farmer Oxford University Press Oxford 2011 xxiv + 495 pp. ISBN 978 0 19 959660 7 £11.99 $16.95 Oxford Paperback Reference

Keywords Christian theology, Dictionaries

Review DOI 10.1108/09504121111184264

The revised fifth edition of The Oxford Dictionary of Saints coincided with the beatification of Cardinal Newman by Pope Benedict XVI, in September 2010. In his detailed and instructive introduction, David Farmer explains the history and process of canonization, of which recognition by the pope is the third step. Like Mary MacKillop, or Saint Mary of the Cross, the Australian nun canonized in 2010, Cardinal Newman will no doubt receive an entry in a...