Lectionary Calendar
Wednesday, May 8th, 2024
Eve of Ascension
Eve of Ascension
Attention!
For 10¢ a day you can enjoy StudyLight.org ads
free while helping to build churches and support pastors in Uganda.
Click here to learn more!
free while helping to build churches and support pastors in Uganda.
Click here to learn more!
Bible Encyclopedias
Golden Legend
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Search for…
or Resource Toolbox
Additional Links
(Lat. Aurea Legenda), a collection of legendary accounts of saints, long very popular, in almost all the European languages. It was compiled by a Dominican, James de Voragine, also written Vragine and Varagine, about A.D. 1230. It has 177 sections, each giving an account of a. particular saint or festival. It is of no historical value.
Copyright Statement
These files are public domain.
These files are public domain.
Bibliography Information
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Golden Legend'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/g/golden-legend.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Golden Legend'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/g/golden-legend.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
