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Yahoo Groups: Celtic and Old English Saints
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/celt-saints/
Daily messages about the first millennium Saints of Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Brittany, England, Cornwall, and Isle of Man.
The Legends of the Saints: An Introduction to Hagiography
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/delehaye-legends.html
Full text of the 1907 edition of a book by Hippolyte Delehaye, about medieval hagiography. 517K
The Golden Legend
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/goldenlegend/
A very popular medieval book of saints' lives, written between 1260 and 1275 by Jacobus de Voragine.
Military Martyrs
Information on various soldier saints. Includes early martyrologies translated into English.
Internet Medieval Sourcebook: Saints' Lives
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook3.html
Ancient, Byzantine, and medieval hagiographic original texts, in translation and otherwise, with basic data on the cult of saints, emphasis on historical understanding of the texts. [Note: the word "cult" is a technical term referring to the religious practices surrounding devotion to saints.]
Catholic Encyclopedia: Legends of the Saints
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09128a.htm
The legenda are stories about the saints, and often include a mix of historical fact and unhistorical embellishments.