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The Legends of the Saints: An Introduction to Hagiography
Hippolyte Delehaye, S.J.. The Bollandist classic on how saints' legends grow and how historians weigh them against the record. Read at the Internet Archive.
By Hippolyte Delehaye, S.J.. 1 edition, each linked at its source.
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- Internet Archive scan (London: Longmans, Green, 1907) · translator: Crawford, V. M. (Virginia Mary), 1862-1948 · Source
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