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hagiography (/ˌhæɡiˈɒɡrəfi/; from
Ancient Gr**** ἅγιος, hagios 'holy', and -γραφία, -graphia 'writing') is a
biography of a
saint or an ecclesiastical...
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definite spot. Thus one may
speak of the
legend of
Alexander or of Caesar."
Hagiography (accounts of the
lives of saints) is not
intended to be history, but...
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Hagiography is the
literary genre of
biographies about holy people. In
Islamic Persia,
hagiography developed as a
genre during the
eleventh century CE...
- held
during Holy W**** on the
island of Marinduque, the Philippines.
Hagiographical fragments on St.
Longinus from 11th–13th
century found in Dubrovnik...
- The
permissibility of
depictions of
Muhammad in
Islam has been a
contentious issue. Oral and
written descriptions of
Muhammad are
readily accepted by all...
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Genesius of Rome is a
legendary Christian saint, once a
comedian and
actor who had
performed in
plays that
mocked Christianity.
According to legend, while...
- The
Hagiography of St.
Simeon (Serbian: Житије светог Симеона, romanized: Žitije
svetog Simeona), or Life of
Stefan Nemanja, is a
hagiography (or biography)...
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Expeditus (died 303), also
known as Expedite, was said to have been a
Roman centurion in
Armenia who was
martyred around April 303 in what is now Turkey...
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Budai (Chinese: 布袋; pinyin: Bùdài; Korean: 포대, romanized: Podae; ****anese: 布袋, romanized: Hotei; Vietnamese: Bố Đại) is a
nickname given to the ancient...
- Tiburtius,
according to
Christian legend, was a
Christian martyr and saint. His
feast day is 11
August which is the same as
Saint Susanna. The two were...
