Golden Legend
collection of hagiographies compiled by Jacobus de Voragine c.1264
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- Author
- Thomas Bulfinch
- First published
- 1900
- Editions
- 17
- Subjects
- Mythology, Folklore
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Key facts
- Author
- Jacobus de Voragine
- Original title
- Legenda aurea
- Translator
- William Caxton , Frederick Startridge Ellis
- Language
- Latin
- Genre
- hagiography
- Publication place
- Genoa
- Media type
- Manuscript
- Library of congress classification span
Article
The story of Saint George and the Dragon is one of many stories of the saints preserved in the Golden Legend.
The Golden Legend (Latin: Legenda aurea or Legenda sanctorum) is a collection of 153 hagiographies by Jacobus de Voragine that was widely read in Europe during the Late Middle Ages. More than a thousand manuscripts of the text have survived. It was probably compiled around 1259 to 1266, although the text was added to over the centuries.