Information on people who are venerated as saints (or "blessed") in more than one Christian tradition.
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The legenda are stories about the saints, and often include a mix of historical fact and unhistorical embellishments.
A very popular medieval book of saints' lives, written between 1260 and 1275 by Jacobus de Voragine.
Ancient, Byzantine, and medieval hagiographic original texts, in translation and otherwise, with basic data on the cult of saints, emphasis on historical understanding of the texts. [Note: the word "cult" is a technical term referring to the religious practices surrounding devotion to saints.]
Full text of the 1907 edition of a book by Hippolyte Delehaye, about medieval hagiography. 517K
Short feature story by Jone Johnson Lewis on SS. Teresa of Avila and Catherine of Siena, the first two women Doctors of the Church.
Short feature story by Jone Johnson Lewis on SS. Teresa of Avila and Catherine of Siena, the first two women Doctors of the Church.
A very popular medieval book of saints' lives, written between 1260 and 1275 by Jacobus de Voragine.
Ancient, Byzantine, and medieval hagiographic original texts, in translation and otherwise, with basic data on the cult of saints, emphasis on historical understanding of the texts. [Note: the word "cult" is a technical term referring to the religious practices surrounding devotion to saints.]
Full text of the 1907 edition of a book by Hippolyte Delehaye, about medieval hagiography. 517K
The legenda are stories about the saints, and often include a mix of historical fact and unhistorical embellishments.
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