Martyrdoms of the Saints (hagiographic texts)
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Martyrdoms of the Saints is a collection of Old Georgian hagiographic texts recounting the lives, sufferings, and deaths of Christian martyrs.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Martyrdoms of the Saints (hagiographic texts) canonical | 1 |
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian literature
ⓘ
Old Georgian literature ⓘ hagiographic text collection ⓘ |
| associatedDiscipline |
Georgian philology
ⓘ
church history ⓘ hagiography studies ⓘ |
| contains |
accounts of executions
ⓘ
accounts of miracles ⓘ accounts of tortures ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Kingdom of Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | hagiography ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | medieval period ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
Christian faithful
ⓘ
clergy ⓘ monastic communities ⓘ |
| language | Old Georgian ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose narrative ⓘ |
| literaryPurpose |
to commemorate martyrs
ⓘ
to encourage perseverance in faith ⓘ to provide models of Christian virtue ⓘ |
| literaryTradition |
Byzantine hagiographic tradition
ⓘ
Caucasian Christian literature ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Christian martyrs ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
deaths of saints
ⓘ
lives of saints ⓘ sufferings of saints ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Georgian Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousDenomination | Eastern Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousGenre | saints' lives ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| script | Georgian script ⓘ |
| theme |
Christian witness
ⓘ
faithfulness unto death ⓘ martyrdom ⓘ persecution ⓘ |
| usedFor |
devotional reading
ⓘ
edification of believers ⓘ liturgical commemoration of saints ⓘ |
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