Catena Aurea - St. Thomas
Aquinas
Patristic Commentary on the Gospels
(Mirror of copy at @abbey.apana.org.au in Australia)
The @Catholic
Encyclopedia (1913) says:
- The "Catena Aurea' though not as original as his other writings,
furnishes a striking proof of St. Thomas's prodigious memory and manifests
an intimate acquaintance with the Fathers of the Church. The work contains
a series of passages selected from the writings of the various Fathers,
arranged in such order that the texts cited form a running commentary on
the Gospels. The commentary on St. Matthew was dedicated to Urban IV. An
English translation of the "Catena Aurea was edited by John Henry
Newman (4 vols., Oxford 1841-1845; see Vaughan, op. cit., vol.II,) pp.
529 sqq..