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Showing posts with label legenda aurea. Show all posts
Showing posts with label legenda aurea. Show all posts
Sunday, 14 February 2021

Legenda Aurea, Julian the Hospitaller.

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The legend of Saint Julian the Hospitaller is one of the better narratives in the Legenda Aurea . As often, the origin of this saint is unkn...
Friday, 30 October 2020

Legenda Aurea, De Sancta Anastasia: a prefect deluded.

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The Legenda Aurea is an inexhaustible source of anecdotes and miracles, often loosely connected and miracles performed by one saint, could ...
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Friday, 15 May 2020

Legenda Aurea: Saint Andrew and the seven demons.

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The Legenda Aurea written by Jacobus de Voragine (1228-1298) was to some extent the 1001 Nights of Mediaeval Europe: all kinds of storie...
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Monday, 4 December 2017

Legenda aurea: Diana expelled.

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Tomorrow December 5, the feast of Saint Nicolas will be celebrated here in the Netherlands and part of Flanders. As a child I was ...
Monday, 2 February 2015

Legenda Aurea: St Paul the Hermit.

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The Legenda Aurea by Jacobus de Voragine (1230-1298) belongs to the most widely read books in the Middle Ages. It has been called the ...
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