Christianity - Biographies

On Illustrious Men

by Saint Jerome Read by ancientchristian 4.8
This is a collection of 135 brief biographies by St. Jerome of his forebears and contemporaries. It is often cited as a primary source of in…

Jesus of Nazareth

by John Mark and King James Version Read by Bellona Times 4.1
"Jesus of Nazareth, a Biography, by John Mark," recognizes the author of the second Gospel as that "John, whose surname was M…

The Quiet Flame

by Eva K. Betz Read by Maria Therese 4.7
“You will never be a leper nor will any Sister of our Order.”The amazing promise was made by Mother Marianne of Molokai, the “Quiet Flame” o…

The Paradise, or Garden of the Holy Fathers

by Palladius Read by ancientchristian 5
The Desert Fathers were early Christian hermits, ascetics, and monks who mainly lived in the Scetes desert of Egypt. The most famous was St.…

Saint Bonaventure

by Fr. Laurence Costelloe Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
St. Bonaventure (1221 -1274), born Giovanni di Fidanza, was an Italian medieval Franciscan, scholastic theologian and philosopher. The seven…

A Book of English Martyrs

by E. M. Wilmot-Buxton Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.9
This volume is a simple narrative suited to children's understanding of the thrilling times when English Catholics suffered for the Faith in…

Prophets & Kings

by Ellen G. White 5
Audiobook: Prophets & Kings Beginning with King Solomon, this book recounts the stories of great men and women of the Bible who lived fr…

Lives of the Saints

by Alban Butler Read by Maria Therese 3.7
Lives of the Saints offers a rich tapestry of short biographies celebrating the lives of saints, one for each day of the year. Compiled from…

Saint Augustin

by Louis Bertrand Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
What, indeed, is more romantic than this wandering life of rhetorician and student that the youthful Augustin led, from Thagaste to Carthage…

Blessed Edmund Campion

by Louise Imogen Guiney Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Saint Edmund Campion, S.J., (1540 – 1581) was an English Catholic Jesuit priest and martyr. While conducting an underground ministry to the …

De Smet's Letters and Sketches

by Fr. Pierre-Jean De Smet Read by Carol Pelster 4.5
In 1841 and 1842, Fr. Pierre-Jean DeSmet traversed the wide and wild American West to bring the gospel to the Flatheads, who had sent multip…

Deeper Experiences of Famous Christians

by James Gilchrist Lawson Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
J. GIlchrist Lawson was an American Baptist evangelist and prohibitionist who was also active as an author and editor. This book has been o…

Rev. William P. Gale

by William Gale 5
Archive of the works by Rev. William P. Gale brought to you by Covenant People's Ministry Founder of the Ministry of Christ Church in Maripo…

A Handful of Stars

by Frank W. Boreham Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
This is the second of a five volume series called "Texts That Made History". As with the first volume, "A Bunch of Everlastin…

Brother Francis

by Eileen Douglas Read by Tom Hirsch (1947-2022) 5
Or, Less than the LeastThe following pages have been written by my request with a view to making the Soldiers of The Salvation Army somewhat…

Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints

by John Gilmary Shea Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints : with reflections for every day in the year : compiled from "Butler's Lives" and other appro…

The Apostles

by Ethan R. Longhenry 4.8
The good news of Jesus of Nazareth, the Christ, is a most compelling message.  Yet Jesus did not write anything down; everything we kno…

One of China's Christians

by Mrs. Howard Taylor Read by MaryAnn 5
The second of two volumes telling the life story of Pastor Hsi, a Confucian scholar from Shanxi province in Northern China who became a Chri…

A Story of One Short Life

by Elisabeth G. Stryker Read by Larry Wilson 4.3
This is a brief biography of Samuel J. Mills who was instrumental in establishing the first missionary society in the United States, and als…

The Rule of Pachomius at Tabenna

by Palladius Read by ancientchristian 4.6
The Desert Fathers were early Christian hermits, ascetics, and monks who mainly lived in the Scetes desert of Egypt. The most famous was St.…

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