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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 story of St George achieved mass circulation when it was printed in 1483 by William Caxton in a book called The Golden Legend.
Rebel who defied Roman rule in name of Christianity by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
The Golden Legend recounts briefly that Valentine was a priest who, because he professed Christianity and refused to worship idols, was beheaded by the emperor Claudius near the end of the third century.
Ophelia's "old lauds": madness and hagiography in Hamlet by Chapman, Alison A. / Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England
The Golden Legend relates how he rescued Princess Cleolinda, who had been offered in sacrifice to a dragon living in a lake near Selena in Libya.
Raise a glass or two to St George by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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