Introduction. Choosing the "beautiful ones"
The standing of Mary : Opus Formosior
A saint for all seasons : taking liberties with John the Baptist
Recovering Mary Magdalene and the dignity of woman : Apostola Apostolorum
Manliness and saintliness : the cases of Mark, Sebastian, and Rocco
The pearls of Saint Lawrence : what Ruskin sees when he looks at a picture
Imagining Augustine imagining, or, A theologian's toothache
Sodoma's Saint Benedict : out in the cloister
Further considerations of the holy stigmata of Saint Francis : where was Brother Leo?
The saint who lost her head, or, Who's afraid of Catherine of Siena?
Saints fair and fearsome : Louis of Toulouse and Bernardino da Siena
Epilogue : pace e bene.
Blessed and beautiful : picturing the saints by Robert Kiely. ISBN 9780300162776. Published by Yale University Press in 2010. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.