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Golden Legend
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
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A collection of biographies of saints and legends, including the apocryphal literature, the Gospel of the Nativity of Mary, Pseudo-Matthew, and the Protoevangelium of James, written c.1260by Jacopo de Voragine, and printed hy Caxton, 1483. Its success was prodigious and it was translated into all the vernaculars of Europe. Longfellow's "Golden Legend" shows its influence.
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Entry for 'Golden Legend'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/g/golden-legend.html. 1910.
Entry for 'Golden Legend'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/g/golden-legend.html. 1910.
