Legenda Aurea (A collection of saints' legends

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• Golden legend by Jacobus da Voragine — (Legenda Aurea)    Jacobus da Voragine s Golden Legend is a collection he compiled in c. 1260 of legends of the saints worshiped during the Middle Ages. Its importance lies in the fact that it provides a glimpse of popular medieval religious… …   Dictionary of Renaissance art

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• Insufflation — (Latin insufflatio blowing on or into ) is the practice of inhaling substances into a body cavity. Insufflation has limited medical use, but is a common route of administration with many respiratory drugs used to treat conditions in the lungs… …   Wikipedia

• Jacobus de Voragine — Infobox Saint name= Blessed Jacobus de Voragine birth date= 1230 death date=July 13 or July 16, 1298; or 1299 feast day= venerated in= Roman Catholic Church imagesize= 250px caption= Jacobus de Voragine with his Golden Legend in his hands… …   Wikipedia

• Bl. Jacopo de Voragine (Di Viraggio) —     Blessed Jacopo de Voragine     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Blessed Jacopo de Voragine     (Also DI VIRAGGIO).     Archbishop of Genoa and medieval hagiologist, born at Viraggio (now Varazze), near Genoa, about 1230; died 13 July, about 1298. In …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Golden Legend — The Golden Legend ( la. Legenda Aurea) by Jacopo da Varagine is a collection of fanciful hagiographies or lives of the saints, that became a late medieval bestseller. It was probably compiled around the year 1260. A medieval best sellerInitially… …   Wikipedia

• Mary Magdalene — This article is about the disciple of Jesus. For other uses, see Mary Magdalene (disambiguation). Mary Magdalene Mary Magdalene at the foot of the Cross, mourning for the dead Christ West: Penitent East …   Wikipedia

• Bokenam, Osbern — ▪ English author Bokenam also spelled  Bokenham   born Oct. 6, 1393?, Old Buckenham?, Norfolk, Eng. died c. 1447       English poet and friar best known as the author of a verse collection entitled Legends of Holy Women.       Little is known of… …   Universalium

• Abdias of Babylon — As the first bishop of Babylon, Abdias would have been consecrated by Saint Simon Zelotes and Saint Jude. Nothing certain is known about him. He is commemorated with a feast day of October 28.History of the Apostolical ContestAn apocryphal work… …   Wikipedia