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Meanings of saints' lives in English

Russian
агиография
Portuguese
hagiográfico
Spanish
hagiográfico
Catalan
hagiogràfica

Biography of a saint or other venerated religious figure.

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агиография
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Examples for "hagiography"
Examples for "hagiography"
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But surely this can be accomplished without a hagiography of the infamous.
The Guardian
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Those who thought the Princess a flake will accuse you of hagiography.
The Irish Times
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I'm Your Man is sympathetic without being a hagiography, thorough and intelligent.
The Irish Times
4
The genre is, of course, very often an excuse for deadeningly dull hagiography.
The Irish Times
5
The authors have given us an apologia, but, mercifully, not quite a hagiography.
The Irish Times
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After this introductory study the book takes up the saint's life in connected order.
Saint Patrick / 1887
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A saint's life in one man may be less than common honesty in another.
Daily Strength for Daily Needs
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He was canonized by pope Leo X., whose legate in Poland, Zachary Ferrier, wrote the saint's life.
The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints. J...
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Brian Lacey's study offers a brief, comprehensive account of the saint's life by carefully separating historical fact from a wealth of folklore and tradition.
The Irish Times
5
General character of the Saint's life-Herchildhood and early piety
The Life of St. Frances of Rome, and Others