Saints & Hagiography
Agiografia · 12 articles · Principal contributors · All subjectsGeneral (Generalità)
-
Acts of the Martyrs (ATTI DEI MARTIRI)
ACTS OF THE MARTYRS. - I. ACTS OF THE GREEK AND LATIN MARTYRS. - Under the name of acts of the martyrs (acta martyrum) we include all that… -
Ampulla of Blood (AMPOLLA DI SANGUE)
AMPULLA OF BLOOD. - With this expression and other similar ones, from the beginning of the 17th century, people have customarily designated… -
Confessor (CONFESSORE (CONFESSOR))
CONFESSOR. - From the Latin confessor (from confiteri = to declare openly, a term proper to Christian Latin; Greek ὁμολογητής) is the title… -
Corpi Santi
CORPI SANTI. - By these are meant those bodies that were taken from ancient cemeteries and placed in veneration as the bodies of previously… -
Depositio Episcoporum
DEPOSITIO EPISCOPORUM. - It is a liturgical document included in the so-called Chronographer of the year 354 (v.). It contains a list of… -
Depositio Martyrum
DEPOSITIO MARTYRUM. - Like the preceding document, it is included in the so-called Chronographer of the year 354 (v.). It comprises a list… -
Hagiography (AGIOGRAFIA)
HAGIOGRAPHY. - From the Greek ἅγιος "saint" and γράφω "I write," also called hagiology, it is the science that deals with the lives and… -
Martyrdom and Martyr (MARTIRIO E MARTIRE)
MARTYRDOM AND MARTYR. - From the Greek μάρτυρ, witness; in Christian language it is the person who bore witness to Christ with his blood.… -
Martyrology (MARTIROLOGIO)
MARTYROLOGY. - A catalogue of the martyrs and saints arranged according to the order of their feasts. SUMMARY: I. Concept. - II. Primitive… -
Saint (SANTO)
SAINT. - From the Latin sanctus (sancire), its etymological meaning is "inviolable." Before the word took on its present meaning — namely,… -
Veronica
VERONICA. - Name given, by metonymy, to the icon with the "Holy Face" of Christ, preserved among the major relics of the basilica of St.… -
Vindicatio
VINDICATIO. - Term suggested by a text of St. Optatus of Milevis (De schismate Donatistarum, I, 16: PL 11, 917), by which it was intended…