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Alban Butler was an English Roman Catholic priest and hagiographer. Butler's great work, The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs and Other Principal Saints ("Butler's Lives"), the result of thirty years study, was first published in four volumes in London, 1756–1759. It is a popular and compendious reproduction of the Acta Sanctorum, exhibiting great industry and research, and is in all respects the best compendium of Acta in English. Butler's magnum opus has passed many editions and translations.
1956
February by Alban Butler
2026
October
1997
Concise Edition, Revised and Updated
1980
August
1998
October, November, December: Revised edition
1990
1956
1956
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Their Lives and Likenesses Drawn from Butler's Lives of the Saints and Great Works of Western Art
1994
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