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Golden Legend

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Originally published September 25, 2015
Authors Jacobus da Varagine
Editors Jacobus da Varagine
GenresBiography
Translator William Caxton
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About Golden Legend


The Golden Legend is a collection of hagiographies by Blessed Jacobus de Varagine that was widely read in late medieval Europe. More than a thousand manuscripts of the text have survived. It was likely compiled around the year 1260, although the text was added to over the centuries.

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