Christianity - Biographies

The Wonder-Worker of Padua

by Charles Warren Stoddard Read by dave7 4.7
This is the inspiring story of Saint Anthony of Padua (1195-1231). The son of a wealthy Portuguese family, he was initially ordained a pries…

The Life of Saint Columba

by Frances Alice Forbes Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
Saint Columba (521 – 597) was an Irish abbot and missionary credited with spreading Christianity in present-day Scotland. He founded the imp…

The Life of Blessed John B. Marie Vianney

by William James McGlothlin Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Jean-Baptiste-Marie Vianney, T.O.S.F., (8 May 1786 – 4 August 1859), commonly known in English as St John Vianney, was a French parish pries…

The Man Who Fought the Devil

by Eva K. Betz Read by Maria Therese 4.8
Jean Marie Vianney always found it hard to learn. In fact, he made history by receiving a zero as his examination mark after his first year …

Martin Luther

by Carl E. Koppenhaver Read by Danielle Cartwright 4.6
This short, engaging volume summarizes the life of a priest who, intending to spark a lively academic debate by nailing 95 theses on a churc…

Ponnamal, Her Story

by Amy Wilson Carmichael Read by MaryAnn 4.9
"A girl stood alone in the dark, listening. No one moved about her; the old mother-in-law who slept near by breathed steadily, she wou…

The Life of Saint Paul

by Frances Alice Forbes Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
A short biography of Saint Paul, the Apostle of the Gentiles, from the time of his persecution of the Christians to his martyrdom. (Summary …

The Book of Missionary Heroes

by Basil Joseph Mathews Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Through the centuries, the world has been witness to an unbroken trail of heroes--men and women who braved privation, danger, and death to b…

The Life of St. Teresa

by St. Teresa of Avila Read by Ann Boulais 4.6
The Life of St. Teresa offers an intimate glimpse into the spiritual journey of one of Christianity's most revered figures. Written by St. T…

From Sunrise Land

by Amy Wilson Carmichael Read by Expatriate 4.6
One of the most renowned of all Protestant Christian missionaries, Amy Carmichael is remembered most for the fifty-five years she spent doin…

St. Bonaventure's Life of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ

by Saint Bonaventure Read by Eduardo 5
Seeing himself as "unequal to so great a task", St. Bonaventure nevertheless endeavored to introduce his readers to the practice o…

St. Rose of Lima

by Florence Mary Capes Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
Discover the remarkable life of Saint Rose of Lima, a pioneering figure in the history of the Americas and the first person born on the cont…

Life of St. Vincent de Paul

by Frances Alice Forbes Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
Vincent De Paul [c. 1581 - 1660] was a man renowned during his own century for his compassion, humility and generosity. During the days when…

Saints and Heroes Since the Middle Ages

by George Hodges Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
In this second volume, Hodges uses stories of the lives of fourteen well-known saints and heroes of the faith to continue the history of the…

Lotus Buds

by Amy Wilson Carmichael Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
Amy Carmichael tells the story of work among the girls of India, who she calls "Lotus Buds". - Summary by Adele de Pignerolles

Saint Charles Borromeo

by Louise M. Stacpoole-Kenny Read by Maria Therese 4.5
Saint Charles Borromeo offers an insightful exploration of the life and legacy of one of the most influential figures in the Catholic Church…

The Autobiography of Madame Guyon

by Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon Read by peaceuntoyou 4.7
The Autobiography of Madame Guyon offers a profound glimpse into the life of Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de la Motte-Guyon, a French mystic whose s…

The Paradise, or Garden of the Holy Fathers

by Palladius Read by ancientchristian 4.8
The Desert Fathers were early Christian hermits, ascetics, and monks who mainly lived in the Scetes desert of Egypt. The most famous was St.…

God Goes to Murderer's Row

by Rev. M. Raymond Read by Maria Therese 4.7
The Hound of Heaven stalks the death house in pursuit of the soul of a modern Dismas in this true story of a doomed criminal who found God i…

A Little Book of St. Francis

by E. M. Wilmot-Buxton Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.9
A Little Book of St. Francis and His Brethren presents with superlative charm the great simplicities and eternal verities in the life of St …

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