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Hagiography and Legends
Lives of saints, miracle collections, devotional legends, and historical hagiography, read as religious sources with their own communities, claims, and transmission histories.
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Texts
Barlaam and Ioasaph — St. John of DamascusThe complete Christian edifying story of Barlaam and Ioasaph, a major cross-cultural legend associated with St. John of Damascus.The Life and Legends of Saint Francis of Assisi — Candide Chalippe and Hilarion DuerkA complete Catholic hagiographic life and legend collection of Saint Francis of Assisi, translated from Candide Chalippe and revised by Hilarion Duerk.