Author

Jacobus de Voragine; William Caxton

The Golden Legend: Popular Saints

c. 1260 (Caxton translation 1483; Ellis edition 1900) · Medieval · Hagiography

This entry gathers the Golden Legend chapters and adjacent medieval traditions behind saints whose images still move through calendars, holidays, icons, hospitals, medals, advertising, and folklore. Jacobus de Voragine did not write critical biography in the modern sense.