hagiography

Summary

hagiography is a literary genre^[1]. hagiography ranks in the top 1% of literary_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,246 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• hagiography's instance of is recorded as literary genre^[3].
• hagiography is a type of biography^[4].
• hagiography is a type of religious text^[5].
• hagiography's Commons category is recorded as Hagiography^[6].
• hagiography's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hagiography^[7].
• hagiography's main subject is saint^[8].
• hagiography's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[9].
• hagiography's described by source is recorded as Orthodox Theological Encyclopedia^[10].
• hagiography's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[11].
• hagiography's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia^[12].
• hagiography's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[13].
• hagiography's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[14].
• hagiography's described by source is recorded as The Catholic Encyclopedia^[15].
• hagiography's described by source is recorded as Basque Literature Terms Dictionary^[16].
• hagiography's different from is recorded as hagiographic studies^[17].
• hagiography's studied by is recorded as hagiographic studies^[18].

Body

Definition and Type

hagiography's instance of is recorded as literary genre^[3]. Recorded subclass of include biography^[4] and religious text^[5].

Why It Matters

hagiography ranks in the top 1% of literary_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,246 views/month).^[2] hagiography has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[19] hagiography is known by 70 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[20]