Definition of Hagiographer. Meaning of Hagiographer. Synonyms of Hagiographer

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Definition of Hagiographer

Hagiographer
Hagiographer Ha`gi*og"ra*pher, n. One of the writers of the hagiographa; a writer of lives of the saints. --Shipley.

Meaning of Hagiographer from wikipedia

- faith through the example of the saints' lives. Of all the English hagiographers no one was more prolific nor so aware of the importance of the genre...
- of Lavardin (c. 1055 – 18 December 1133) was a French ecclesiastic, hagiographer and theologian. From 1096–97 he was bishop of Le Mans, then from 1125...
- 1635), was an Irish Franciscan friar who was a noted poet, historian and hagiographer. He is considered the founder of Irish archaeology. Mac an Bhaird was...
- October 1710 – 15 May 1773) was an English Roman Catholic priest and hagiographer. Born in Northamptonshire, he studied at the English College, in Douay...
- Cisneros; 1 November 1527 – 10 September or 22 September 1611) was a Spanish hagiographer, Jesuit priest, companion of Ignatius of Loyola, and a Spanish Golden...
- Capgrave (21 April 1393 – 12 August 1464) was an English historian, hagiographer and scholastic theologian, remembered chiefly for Nova Legenda Angliae...
- romanized: Epifany Premudry; died c. 1420) was a Russian Orthodox monk and hagiographer. He was a disciple of Sergius of Radonezh. Historian Serge Aleksandrovich...
- Jocelin of Furness (fl. 1175–1214) was an English Cistercian hagiographer, known for his Lives of Saint Waltheof, Saint Patrick, Saint Kentigern and Saint...
- August 684), venerated as Saint Audoin, was a Frankish bishop, courtier, hagiographer and saint. He aut****d Vita Sancti Eligii which outlines the life and...
- known simply as Ibn Ishaq, was an 8th-century Muslim historian and hagiographer who collected oral traditions that formed the basis of an important biography...