Legenda sanctorum
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Legenda sanctorum, better known in English as The Golden Legend, is a widely read medieval collection of hagiographies compiled by Jacobus de Voragine that recounts the lives and miracles of Christian saints.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Legend of Saint Julian the Hospitaller | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian religious text
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hagiographic collection ⓘ medieval literary work ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Aurea Legenda
NERFINISHED
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Golden Legend NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithOrder | Dominican Order NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Jacobus de Voragine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| circulation | manuscript tradition ⓘ |
| compiledBy | Jacobus de Voragine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| compilerBirthplace | Genoa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| compilerName | Jacobus de Voragine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| compilerOccupation | archbishop of Genoa ⓘ |
| contains |
legends of apostles
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legends of confessors ⓘ legends of martyrs ⓘ legends of virgins ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| describes |
lives of saints
ⓘ
miracles of saints ⓘ |
| era | 13th century ⓘ |
| focusesOn | Christian saints ⓘ |
| genre |
hagiography
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saints' lives ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTitle | The Golden Legend NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLatinTitle | Legenda sanctorum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableCompiler | Jacobus de Voragine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalReception |
popular among clergy
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popular among laypeople ⓘ widely read in the Middle Ages ⓘ |
| influenced |
Christian iconography
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later hagiographic literature ⓘ medieval preaching ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
devout laity
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preachers ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| laterFormat | early printed book ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Latin hagiographical tradition ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| structure | collection of individual legends ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
Christian liturgical year
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saints' feast days ⓘ |
| theologicalOrientation | Catholic ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| usedFor |
devotional reading
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liturgical calendar reference ⓘ sermon preparation ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Golden Legend
this entity surface form:
The Legend of Saint Julian the Hospitaller