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On 14 February 269 AD, Saint Valentine of Rome was martyred. A common hagiography describes him as a priest of Rome or as the former Bishop of Terni, an important town of Umbria, in central Italy.

The Feast of Saint Valentine, also known as Saint

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2023-02-15

But Westerns being self reflexive about the artificiality of their own mythmaking has long been a theme. Though a hagiography, 1939's Jesse James (from the same director as The Gunfighter) has newspaperman Major Cobb printing propaganda in support of the James Gang, for example

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2022-08-17

4/ Martyrs' stories must end in death (of the body at least), but elaborate narratives of prolonged torture display their heroism and faith, and show divine power manifested in miracles, the conversion of witnesses, or punishment of sadistic, unbelieving torturers.

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2021-06-09

A Very Historically Blind II released today! This year I look at figures embodying the from medieval "mock king" traditions to the very complicated character of who is syncretism of pagan folklore and Catholic hagiography. https://t.co/nVlTGTcDz4

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2019-12-17

Next week, Mellon Decade Fellow Kevin Carr presents “The Hagiography of Place,” a deep dive into the sacred places in medieval Japan. Join us on March 13 at 5:30 pm for this lecture: https://t.co/zCUTYMqWLA The Origins of the Zenkōji Buddha (detail), det. scroll 3, 14th c.

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2018-03-07