Writing that records holy lives, including hagiography, the legendary or collection of saints lives, the Tibetan namtar and the Acts of the Apostles. A genre belongs here when its cited article describes a biography, life story or collection of lives of saints, apostles or spiritual teachers. The group sits within the Religious and Devotional Writing subcategory of the genre roster and gathers the genres of this kind that the atlas already records, so that a reader can browse related genres together and compare how each one is defined.
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Hagiography (Wikipedia)
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A hagiography (; from Ancient Greek ἅγιος (hágios) 'holy' and -γραφία (-graphía) 'writing') is a biography of a saint or an ecclesiastical leader, as well as, by extension, an adulatory and idealised biography of a preacher, priest, founder, saint, monk, nun or icon in any of the world's religions.
Legendary (hagiography) - Wikipedia
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A legendary (Latin: legendarius) is a collection of saints' lives.
Namtar (biography), Wikipedia
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A namtar (Tibetan: རྣམ་ཐར་, Wylie: rNam-thar), sometimes spelled namthar, is a spiritual biography or hagiography in Tibetan Buddhism.
Acts of the Apostles (genre) - Wikipedia
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The Acts of the Apostles is a genre of early Christian literature, recounting the lives and works of the apostles of Jesus.
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