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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...
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Merovingian literature is
represented by the
Lives of the saints.
Merovingian hagiography did not set out to
reconstruct a
biography in the
Roman or the modern...
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Josaphat ****sevych, OSBM (c. 1580 – 12
November 1623) was a
Basilian hieromonk and
archeparch of the
Ruthenian Uniate Church who
served as Archbishop...
- Li
Hongzhi (Chinese: 李洪志; born 1951 or 1952) is a
Chinese religious leader. He is the
founder and
leader of
Falun Gong, or
Falun Dafa, a
United States–based...
- 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...
