About Sancteo
Sancteo organizes a multilingual hagiographic corpus so the lives of saints can be explored by name, feast day, era, place, and theme.
Editorial responsibility
Sancteo is edited by the Sancteo editorial team, a private and independent collective dedicated to documentary access to hagiographic sources.
The site is not an official publication of a religious institution, diocese, or public authority.
Sources
The corpus is based primarily on Les Petits Bollandistes, the lives of saints published by Mgr Paul Guerin, and on older public-domain hagiographic texts when entries explicitly cite them.
Citations and references preserved in the entries help distinguish the older source from Sancteo editorial enrichments.
Editorial method
Entries are structured and enriched with metadata: summary, feast date, century, associated places, categories, patronages, invocations, miracles, citations, and historical entities.
These enrichments support search and navigation. They do not replace the older sources and should be read as documentary apparatus.
Corpus scope
Sancteo covers saints, blesseds, martyrs, and hagiographic figures present in the sources used. Entries may combine historical data, cult traditions, and narratives transmitted by earlier authors.
Pages are designed as a documentary resource, not as an official liturgical calendar.
Corrections and updates
Content may be corrected or enriched when errors are identified, when a source is better documented, or when navigation data needs clarification.
To report an error, suggest a correction, or ask a question about an entry, write to [email protected].
Project history
Sancteo grew out of work to structure older hagiographic sources so they can be explored by name, feast day, era, place, and theme.
The goal is to offer a restrained and verifiable digital museum of saints lives, with reading paths suited to researchers, curious readers, and modern search tools.