Heiligenlexikon

Over 5000 Holy, blessed and venerated personalities of different Churches

The model, giving Saints and Blessed, met with great interest; Religion is a basic human need.

Holy modern terms skip the walls of denominations. As Saint Francis of Assisi, Mother Teresa, Martin Luther King, Dietrich Bonhoeffer or Mahatma Gandhi are mentioned in one breath.

Our comprehensive glossary contains the life stories and legends of more than 4,000 women and men: of saints, blessed and important or revered personalities

• the Catholic Church,

• the Orthodox Churches,

• from the Protestant churches

• and from the Anglican Church.

There are maps for orientation, many pictures to illustrate and many links to other interesting pages.

The links in the computer lexicon tap the wealth of information much easier, yet more comprehensive than any printed material:

• You can check the biographies on the life and work of individuals or find name days by calling alphabetically by name the saints.

• You can find listed in the calendar, the saints and personalities for anniversaries.

• Or you want to learn about the history of the faith of Christianity and its roots in Judaism and take a walk through history on the basis of biographies of saints.

• by geographic area, see the Saints in the list of places where they have worked; there you will find the maps on which all places are recorded and information about how you can view in the car these places in your Navi.

• For various professions, groups of people or places in diseases or Begegnenden Nissen of life the Saints have a special meaning as a cartridge.

• In art saints are often presented with certain attributes that make it recognizable.

• An explanation of important terms of theology and the church, see the Glossary. There are also division and development of religions and denominations, also explains the differences between the Christian churches.

• About life in monasteries and similar communities inform the explanations on important orders.

• The list of names will also open up modern name and its meaning and assigns them to the appropriate people from our lexicon.