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hagiography

Literature describing the lives of the saints. Christian hagiography includes stories of saintly monks, bishops, princes, and virgins, with accounts of their martyrdom and of the miracles connected with their relics, tombs, icons, or statues. Written as early as the 2nd century and popular during the Middle Ages, hagiographies focus on lives of individual saints or on stories of a class of saints (e.g., martyrs).


hagiography
1. the writing of the lives of the saints
2. biography of the saints
3. any biography that idealizes or idolizes its subject


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But Freida Lee Mock's documentary, while not necessarily hagiographic, does become tepid in its constant presentation of Kushner doing smart and wonderful things.
With this kind of interpretation we are assured that Loehe has his place in the church with his hagiographic traits and with his evident and undeniable achievements in the upbuilding of congregations, diaconal work, mission, liturgy, and practical ecclesial publications.
 
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