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Catholic Saints and Canonization with Kate Sidley

Episode 33 of the History Nerds United podcast, hosted by Brendan Dowd, titled "Catholic Saints and Canonization with Kate Sidley" was published on August 19, 2025 and runs 30 minutes.

August 19, 2025 ·30m · History Nerds United

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Send us Fan Mail Let's get canonized! Kate Sidley joins me to discuss her book How to Be a Saint: An Extremely Weird and Mildly Sacrilegious History of The Catholic Church's Biggest Names. Buy How to Be a Saint Check out Kate's website Support the show

Send us Fan Mail

Let's get canonized! Kate Sidley joins me to discuss her book How to Be a Saint: An Extremely Weird and Mildly Sacrilegious History of The Catholic Church's Biggest Names.

Buy How to Be a Saint

Check out Kate's website

Support the show

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