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Golden Legend

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a hagiology (the "Aurea Legenda") written by James de Voragine, Archbishop of Genoa, in the 13th century, translated and printed by Caxton in 1483, and partially paraphrased by Longfellow in a poem thus entitled.
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The Golden Legend of Elizabeth I,'' is included in the admission price.
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For a generation less than thirty years removed from devotion to the saint-heroes of The Golden Legend, the Mirror reflected another type of endurance to reflect on -- secular and miserable but existing as linguistic artefacts that would surface from time because it was language that was, so to speak, canonizing them.
A Mirror for Magistrates and the de casibus Tradition by SESSIONS, WILLIAM A. / Renaissance Quarterly
The medieval storybook The golden Legend says that Martha's dragon felled its foes with its own flaming dung.
Call Saint Martha, the original dragon lady by EDWARDS, PAMELA J. / U.S. Catholic
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