Legenda sanctorum
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Legenda sanctorum, better known in English as The Golden Legend, is a widely read medieval collection of hagiographies compiled by Jacobus de Voragine that recounts the lives and miracles of Christian saints.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Legenda sanctorum canonical | 2 |
| Golden Legend | 1 |
| The Golden Legend | 1 |
| The Legend of Saint Julian the Hospitaller | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10410126 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Legenda sanctorum Context triple: [The Golden Legend, alternativeTitle, Legenda sanctorum]
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A.
Lives of Saints
Lives of Saints is a collection of Old English homilies by Ælfric of Eynsham recounting the legends and moral examples of Christian saints for an Anglo-Saxon audience.
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B.
Legenda maior S. Francisci
Legenda maior S. Francisci is a 13th-century official biography of Saint Francis of Assisi, composed by the theologian Bonaventure and widely influential in shaping the Franciscan hagiographic tradition.
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C.
The Saints of Salvation
The Saints of Salvation is a science fiction novel by Peter F. Hamilton that concludes his Salvation Sequence space opera trilogy, featuring humanity’s struggle against a powerful alien threat.
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D.
Chronica
Chronica is an ancient chronological work by Apollodorus of Athens that systematically records Greek history and mythology in verse form.
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E.
Breviary of Alaric
The Breviary of Alaric is a 6th-century compilation of Roman law for the Visigothic kingdom, serving as a key source for the transmission of late Roman legal tradition in Western Europe.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Legenda sanctorum Target entity description: Legenda sanctorum, better known in English as The Golden Legend, is a widely read medieval collection of hagiographies compiled by Jacobus de Voragine that recounts the lives and miracles of Christian saints.
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A.
Lives of Saints
Lives of Saints is a collection of Old English homilies by Ælfric of Eynsham recounting the legends and moral examples of Christian saints for an Anglo-Saxon audience.
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B.
Legenda maior S. Francisci
Legenda maior S. Francisci is a 13th-century official biography of Saint Francis of Assisi, composed by the theologian Bonaventure and widely influential in shaping the Franciscan hagiographic tradition.
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C.
The Saints of Salvation
The Saints of Salvation is a science fiction novel by Peter F. Hamilton that concludes his Salvation Sequence space opera trilogy, featuring humanity’s struggle against a powerful alien threat.
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D.
Chronica
Chronica is an ancient chronological work by Apollodorus of Athens that systematically records Greek history and mythology in verse form.
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E.
Breviary of Alaric
The Breviary of Alaric is a 6th-century compilation of Roman law for the Visigothic kingdom, serving as a key source for the transmission of late Roman legal tradition in Western Europe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian religious text
ⓘ
hagiographic collection ⓘ medieval literary work ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Aurea Legenda
ⓘ
Golden Legend ⓘ
linked to:
Legenda sanctorum
|
| associatedWithOrder |
Dominican Order
ⓘ
linked to:
Dominican friars
|
| author | Jacobus de Voragine ⓘ |
| circulation | manuscript tradition ⓘ |
| compiledBy | Jacobus de Voragine ⓘ |
| compilerBirthplace | Genoa ⓘ |
| compilerName | Jacobus de Voragine ⓘ |
| compilerOccupation | archbishop of Genoa ⓘ |
| contains |
legends of apostles
ⓘ
legends of confessors ⓘ legends of martyrs ⓘ legends of virgins ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| describes |
lives of saints
ⓘ
miracles of saints ⓘ |
| era | 13th century ⓘ |
| focusesOn | Christian saints ⓘ |
| genre |
hagiography
ⓘ
saints' lives ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTitle |
The Golden Legend
ⓘ
linked to:
The Golden Legend by Jacobus de Voragine
|
| hasLatinTitle | Legenda sanctorum ⓘ |
| hasNotableCompiler | Jacobus de Voragine ⓘ |
| historicalReception |
popular among clergy
ⓘ
popular among laypeople ⓘ widely read in the Middle Ages ⓘ |
| influenced |
Christian iconography
ⓘ
later hagiographic literature ⓘ medieval preaching ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
devout laity
ⓘ
preachers ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| laterFormat | early printed book ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Latin hagiographical tradition ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| structure | collection of individual legends ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
Christian liturgical year
ⓘ
saints' feast days ⓘ |
| theologicalOrientation | Catholic ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| usedFor |
devotional reading
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liturgical calendar reference ⓘ sermon preparation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Legenda sanctorum Description of subject: Legenda sanctorum, better known in English as The Golden Legend, is a widely read medieval collection of hagiographies compiled by Jacobus de Voragine that recounts the lives and miracles of Christian saints.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
The Golden Legend by Jacobus de Voragine
linked to: Legenda sanctorum
linked to: Legenda sanctorum
linked to: Legenda sanctorum