Comparative Literature and Culture 4493F/G Study Guide - Final Guide: Convulsion, List Of Emulators, Kateri Tekakwitha
22 Oct 2013
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Hagiography: the study of the life, miracles and practices of a saint. The golden legend: st jacobus de voragine compiled and interwove different versions of the lives of the saints in the 13th century. It organizes the saints by days of the year. Sources are legal documents: witnesses are important proof of a saint"s miracles do not sustain a claim. Two functions of christian saint: appealed to via prayer to intercede in human affairs, set exemplary lives for christians to emulate. Optimistic and hopeful beacons amongst disease, unsafe travel, childbirth etc. Oral tradition enabled the stories to be told often and spread easily. Saints set examples for living a christian and pious life. Christian believers of their faith and refuse to announce despite facing death or torture. Suffering while upholding faith causes rejoice for the saint. Evangelists = foundation + pillars (build on the foundation of evangelists) = Mystics: not in the golden legend products of counter reformation.
