The Golden Legend by Jacobus de Voragine

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The Golden Legend by Jacobus de Voragine is a 13th-century collection of hagiographies that became one of medieval Europe’s most influential and widely read compilations of saints’ lives and miracle stories.

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instanceOf hagiographic collection ⓘ
medieval Latin prose work ⓘ
religious text ⓘ
alternativeTitle Golden Legend of the Saints ⓘ
Legenda sanctorum ⓘ
approximateDateOfComposition c. 1260 ⓘ
associatedWith Dominican Order ⓘ
linked to: Dominican friars
author Jacobus de Voragine ⓘ
authorOccupation archbishop of Genoa ⓘ
authorReligiousOrder Dominican ⓘ
CaxtonEditionLanguage English ⓘ
circulation one of the most widely read books of the later Middle Ages ⓘ
widely copied in manuscript form ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Italy ⓘ
genre Christian literature ⓘ
hagiography ⓘ
historicalPeriod High Middle Ages ⓘ
influenced Christian iconography ⓘ
Renaissance art ⓘ
late medieval preaching ⓘ
medieval devotional practices ⓘ
medieval drama ⓘ
literaryForm compilation ⓘ
mainSubject Christian feast days ⓘ
miracles ⓘ
saints ⓘ
notableFeature combines historical, legendary, and didactic elements ⓘ
includes legendary and miraculous material ⓘ
organized around the liturgical calendar ⓘ
originalLanguage Latin ⓘ
printedBy William Caxton ⓘ
printedEdition incunable era ⓘ
publicationCentury 13th century ⓘ
purpose edification of the faithful ⓘ
providing material for sermons ⓘ
religiousTradition Roman Catholicism ⓘ
structure arranged according to the liturgical year ⓘ
collection of saints’ lives ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed early Christian period ⓘ
medieval saints ⓘ
title Legenda aurea ⓘ
linked to: Legenda Aurea
translatedInto French ⓘ
German ⓘ
Italian ⓘ
Middle English ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
many European vernaculars ⓘ
usedAsSourceBy Renaissance painters ⓘ
medieval sermon writers ⓘ
painters of the Middle Ages ⓘ

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Saint George and the Dragon → notableSource → The Golden Legend by Jacobus de Voragine ⓘ
Dioscorus → knownFrom → Golden Legend ⓘ
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The Marriage of the Virgin → basedOn → Golden Legend ⓘ
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Saint Margaret of Antioch → mentionedIn → The Golden Legend by Jacobus de Voragine ⓘ
Legenda Aurea → alternativeTitle → Golden Legend ⓘ
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The Golden Legend → alternativeTitle → Golden Legend of the Saints ⓘ
linked to: The Golden Legend by Jacobus de Voragine
Miracle of the Slave → basedOn → Golden Legend ⓘ
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Golden type → namedAfter → The Golden Legend (book printed by Kelmscott Press) ⓘ
linked to: The Golden Legend by Jacobus de Voragine
Jacobus de Voragine → notableWork → Golden Legend ⓘ
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Legenda sanctorum → hasEnglishTitle → The Golden Legend ⓘ
linked to: The Golden Legend by Jacobus de Voragine
St Margaret → hagiographicSource → Legenda Aurea (Golden Legend) ⓘ
linked to: The Golden Legend by Jacobus de Voragine