Definition of Hagiography. Meaning of Hagiography. Synonyms of Hagiography

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Definition of Hagiography

Hagiography
Hagiography Ha`gi*og"ra*phy (?, 277), n. Same Hagiographa.

Meaning of Hagiography from wikipedia

- A hagiography (/ˌhæɡiˈɒɡrəfi/; from Ancient Gr**** ἅγιος, hagios 'holy', and -γραφία, -graphia 'writing') is a biography of a saint or an ecclesiastical...
- Hagiography is the literary genre of biographies about holy people. In Islamic Persia, hagiography developed as a genre during the eleventh century CE...
- 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...
- Longinus (/lɒnˈdʒaɪnəs/) is the name given to the unnamed Roman soldier who pierced the side of Jesus with a lance; who in medieval and some modern Christian...
- The permissibility of depictions of Muhammad in Islam has been a contentious issue. Oral and written descriptions of Muhammad are readily accepted by all...
- Druze, as well as some Muslims as a martyr of monotheistic faith. In hagiography, as one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers and one of the most prominent military...
- 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)...
- 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...
- Josaphat ****sevych, OSBM (c. 1580 – 12 November 1623) was a Basilian monk and archeparch of the Ruthenian Uniate Church who on 12 November 1623 was killed...