Jacobus de Voragine

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Jacobus de Voragine was a 13th-century Italian Dominican friar, archbishop of Genoa, and medieval author best known for compiling the influential collection of saints’ lives known as the Golden Legend.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Dominican friar
Italian person
Roman Catholic archbishop
hagiographer
human
medieval writer
alternativeName Iacobus de Voragine NERFINISHED
Jacopo da Varazze NERFINISHED
Jacopo da Voragine NERFINISHED
James of Voragine NERFINISHED
birthPlace Liguria NERFINISHED
Republic of Genoa NERFINISHED
Varazze NERFINISHED
centuryOfActivity 13th century
countryOfCitizenship Italy
Republic of Genoa NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth c. 1230
dateOfDeath 1298
educatedIn Dominican studia
endTime 1298
era Middle Ages
familyName de Voragine NERFINISHED
feastDay July 13
genre hagiography
religious literature
givenName Jacobus NERFINISHED
influenced Christian hagiographical tradition
late medieval preaching
languageOfWorkOrName Latin
memberOf Order of Preachers NERFINISHED
nativeLanguage Italian
notableFor compiling the Golden Legend
notableWork Golden Legend NERFINISHED
Legenda Aurea NERFINISHED
occupation archbishop
author
friar
preacher
placeOfDeath Genoa NERFINISHED
positionHeld Archbishop of Genoa
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church
startTime 1292
veneratedIn Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church
workSubject Christian liturgical year
lives of saints
wrote chronicle of Genoa NERFINISHED
sermons

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Legenda Aurea author Jacobus de Voragine
Legenda Aurea compiler Jacobus de Voragine
The Golden Legend by Jacobus de Voragine author Jacobus de Voragine
subject surface form: The Golden Legend