Legenda Aurea. Exercițiu de cateheză istorică
“Legenda Aurea.” An Exercise of Historical Catechesis
The present study analyzes the medieval text Legenda Aurea belonging to Jacoppo of Varazza or Varagine, a Dominican monk born in 1228 or 1230 who dies as archbishop of Genoa on July 14th, 1298. His foremost work, Legenda Aurea, also known as Legenda sanctorum or Historia Lombardica, is a compilation of the lives of the saints written with a view quite similar to that of a modern columnist, which makes of Jacoppo of Voragine one of the main illustrators of the historical catechesis. The study focuses on the presentation Jacoppo of Voragine makes to the figures of some essential saints – such as Saint Andrew, Saint Nicholas, Saint Stephen, Saint John the Evangelist.
Keywords: legenda Aurea, dominican text, Jacoppo of Voraigne, catechesis
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