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Legal name: Forbes, Frances Alice Monica
Other names: Forbes, Mother Frances Alice Monica
Birthdate: 1869-03-16
Date of death: 1936
Gender: female
Organizations: Society of the Sacred Heart

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Life of St. Columba Apostle of Scotland by F.A. Forbes

This edition is NOT the Life of Columba by Adamnan, the key hagiography of St. Columba. It is instead an early 20th-century biography/hagiography which uses Adamnan's tale and others as its core.

It lovingly tells the Columba story of life in Ireland, the Battle of the Books, exile to Iona, evangelism of the Picts and others in Scotland, and then the death of Columba. It's a nice, simple, clear story and a worthwhile addition to the bookshelf.

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patl | 1 other review | Feb 29, 2024 |

Saint Athanasius by F.A. Forbes

Saint Athanasius is a rather straight-forward hagiographical biography of the great Alexandrian archbishop who battled the Arians and their Byzantine political allies for most of his life and somehow managed to outlast them. Beginning with the famous story of how a young Athanasius was spotted on the shore playing mock-baptism with his friends, the book continues to follow his carrier as a deacon defending the faith at Nicaea to his initial appointment as Archbishop of Alexandria when he was barely thirty. The rest of the book is taken up with his adventures as archbishop, opposing emperors and enduring persecution and exile for much of his reign. The book mostly focuses on his deeds and not on his writings, but it crams in a lot for a book under one hundred pages.

An inspiring work about an inspiring man. Highly recommended for anyone looking for a good biography of Saint Athanasius or inspirational biography in general.… (more)

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inge87 | Mar 23, 2016 |

Pope St. Pius X by F. A. Forbes

It's not a bad hagiography, just a rather summary one. Gives the basics, along with a few interesting insights, but not a lot of detail. If you know nothing at all about the man who became the first Pope declared a saint in centuries, then it's a helpful start. But if you're looking for detail about the conflicts he had to engage in (laicite in France or the battle against Modernism), you'll have to keep looking.

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Dale.Price | Nov 27, 2013 |

Life of St. Columba Apostle of Scotland by F. A. Forbes

This edition is NOT the Life of Columba by Adamnan, the key hagiography of St. Columba. It is instead an early 20th-century biography/hagiography which uses Adamnan's tale and others as its core.

It lovingly tells the Columba story of life in Ireland, the Battle of the Books, exile to Iona, evangelism of the Picts and others in Scotland, and then the death of Columba. It's a nice, simple, clear story and a worthwhile addition to the bookshelf.

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patl | 1 other review | Mar 29, 2013 |

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