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Christianity: Faith, Scripture and Tradition

The Golden Legend

by Jacobus de Voragine · William Granger Ryan (trans.)

A collection of saints' lives and readings for the feasts of the Church year compiled by the Dominican Jacobus de Voragine around 1260. It was one of the most widely copied and printed books of the late Middle Ages and a major source for religious art.

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