Golden Legend
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Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [1]
(Lat. Aurea Legenda), a collection of legendary accounts of saints, long very popular, in almost all the European languages. It was compiled by a Dominican, James de Voragine, also written Vragine and Varagine, about A.D. 1230. It has 177 sections, each giving an account of a. particular saint or festival. It is of no historical value.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
A collection of lives of saints and other tales, such as that of the "Seven Sleepers" and "St. George and the Dragon," made in the 13th century by Jacques de Voragine, a Dominican monk, to the glory especially of his brotherhood.
