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Saintly Biography

Saintly Biography is a scholarly narrative genre within religious historiography that distinguishes itself by documenting the life, virtues, miracles, and spiritual significance of a canonized individual according to the doctrinal and hagiographic conventions of Christian tradition.

113

Publications

4.7K

Citations

127

Authors

29

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

4

Variants

Hagiography

Parents

Publications

113

Saint Genet: Actor and Martyr

Jean‐Paul Sartre · The Tulane Drama Review · 1963 · 344 citations

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The Criminal and the Saintly Body: Autopsy and Dissection in Renaissance Italy

Katharine Park · Renaissance Quarterly · 1994 · 222 citations

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Saint Anselm and his Biographer

J D Bastable · Philosophical Studies · 1964 · 188 citations

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The New World of Henri Saint-Simon. By .

Frederick B. Artz, Frank E. Manuel · The American Historical Review · 1957 · 173 citations

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The Making of a Saint: The Life, Times and Sanctification of Neophytos the Recluse.

Aristeides Papadakis, Catia Galatariotou · The American Historical Review · 1992 · 148 citations

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Authors

127

  1. HM
    Harriet Murav

    The Association of Comparative Study of World Literature, South Korea

    2 publications · 48 citations

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  2. JL
    Jacques Le Goff

    École Pratique des Hautes Études, France

    2 publications · 49 citations

    2

    h-index

  3. DA
    D. A. Cozanitis

    Helsinki University Hospital, Finland

    2 publications · 32 citations

    2

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  4. PC
    Patricia Cox

    2 publications · 171 citations

    2

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  5. VJ
    Vernon J. Bourke

    1 publications · 115 citations

    1

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Institutions

29

  1. University of Helsinki

    Helsinki, Finland

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    32 citations

  2. Weston College

    Weston-super-Mare, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

  3. University of South Florida

    Tampa, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    24 citations

  4. Purdue University West Lafayette

    West Lafayette, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    20 citations

  5. Wellesley College

    Wellesley, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    222 citations

  6. Northwestern University

    Evanston, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    35 citations

  7. The Association of Comparative Study of World Literature

    Andong, South Korea

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    38 citations

  8. École Normale Supérieure - PSL

    Paris, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    19 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 11 publications · 390 citations

    11

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  2. The American Historical Review

    AHR · 7 publications · 465 citations

    7

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  3. The Journal of Ecclesiastical History

    3 publications · 189 citations

    3

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  4. New Scholasticism

    3 publications · 192 citations

    3

    h-index

  5. Theological Studies

    2 publications · 25 citations

    2

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