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significance in Byzantine Empire
- In Byzantine Empire: Christian culture of the Byzantine Empire

contribution by

Bolland
- In Jean Bolland
Delehaye
- In Hippolyte Delehaye
Sigebert of Gembloux
- In Sigebert Of Gembloux

development in

church history
- In Christianity: New forms of worship
Czech literature
- In Czech literature: Origins and development through the 17th century
French literature
- In France: Merovingian literature and arts
Latin literature
- In Latin literature: The 3rd to the 5th century: the rise of Christian Latin literature
Russian literature
- In Russian literature: The Kievan period

feature of

Daoism
- In Taoism: Lives of the Immortals
Sufism
- In Sufism: Sufi literature

relation to

biographical literature
- In biography: Antiquity
historiography and historical method
- In historiography: Chronicles and hagiographies
parables
- In fable, parable, and allegory: Parable
sagas
- In saga
saint veneration
- In saint: Theological interpretations of popular recognition

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Invalidated site: CentAUR - Hagiography.	Gloria Lotha	Nov 29, 2024
	Add new Web site: CentAUR - Hagiography.	Gloria Lotha	Nov 25, 2024
	Add new Web site: Digital Commons @ George Fox University - Hagiography.	Gloria Lotha	Feb 07, 2024
	Add new Web site: Academia - ORIGIN AND EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF HAGIOGRAPHY IN THE ISLAMICATE WORLD: A HISTORICAL OVERVIEW.	Emily Rodriguez	Dec 01, 2023
	Add new Web site: Jewish Virtual Library - Hagiography.	Gloria Lotha	Sep 22, 2023
	Add new Web site: Encyclopaedia Iranica - Hagiographic Literature.	Gloria Lotha	Jun 01, 2023
	Added new Web site: Catholic Encyclopedia - Hagiography.	Gloria Lotha	Jun 12, 2007
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998