Transreligious Perspectives on Purity in The Earlier Deeds of The Apostles by Marianna Cerno

“…The apocryphal Acts of the Apostles highlight specific characters of the first hagiographical narratives, halfway between the production that will later become the commonly understood “hagiographic discourse” and the tradition of the late antique novel, but at the same time distinct from both these literary genres.…”
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Lugnez : Un Lugdunum oublié dans le Jura Tabulaire suisse by Valéry Raydon

“…The oldest form of the name is recorded in a carolingian hagiographical source that describes the chronicle of the hermit Himier’s acts, a ajoulot saint: it is said to be born in uico Lugduniaco. …”
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Le culte de Maxime de Riez : premiers jalons (I) by Thierry Pécout

“…Maxime has been the object of various appropriations, especially in Flanders, in the Viennois, and in northern Italy, the sources of which are examined here. The hagiographic file of Maxime needs a reconstitution and a rereading on various levels.…”
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Le culte de Maxime de Riez : renouveaux (II) by Thierry Pécout

“…Maxime has been the object of various appropriations, especially in Flanders, in the Viennois, and in northern Italy, the sources of which are examined here. The hagiographic file of Maxime needs a reconstitution and a rereading on various levels.…”
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Quelle couleur pour les frères ? Regards sur l’habit des Mineurs aux xiiie-xive siècles by Véronique Rouchon Mouilleron

“…It may be surprising to study the colour of the first Minorites clothing, since neither the Franciscan rule nor the hagiographical writings nor any of the first written accounts show any interest in this element of their clothing. …”
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Faire connaissance avec une mulier religiosa dans les Pays-Bas méridionaux du xiiie siècle by Anne-Laure Méril-Bellini delle Stelle

“…In the thirteenth-century Southern Low Countries, the mulieres religiosae played an important part in religious life and were fervently wanted to be met, since they were well known for being great thaumaturgists or intercessors “sending God” to anybody. Their hagiographer provide evidence of this, by through scenes of first meeting which illuminate in a new light the principles of sociability of these devout women. …”
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De Didot (an III) à Laboulaye (1879) : l’avènement philosophique de Montesquieu by Catherine Volpilhac-Auger

“…At the end of the 18th century, the publication of Montesquieu’s works remained either a controversial issue (see the anonymous “remarques” of Luzac in 1759 and Didot, 1795, who purported to be inspired by Helvetius) or a hagiographic one, such as the Plassan edition (1796-1797). …”
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Thomas Aquinas’ definition of the imago Dei and the development of lifelike portraiture  by Dominic Olariu

“…It also refers to contemporary practices in rituals and hagiographic believes to show the relevance of these ideas outside the strictly philosophical and theoretical sphere. …”
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Femmes mystiques, femmes fondatrices : Marie du Bienheureux Amédée (1610-1670) et Antea Gianetti (1577-1630) by Elisabetta Lurgo

“…At the court of Victor Amadeus I of Savoy, one appreciates her qualities of healer and her spirit of prophecy; according to her hagiographer, she acted as ambassador of the dukes of Savoy between the courts of Mantua, Modena, Florence, Milan and Rome. …”
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Des saints pour la fiction, des saints face à l’Histoire by Aude Bonord

“…Curieusement, nos auteurs vont s’inscrire dans ces décalages non seulement pour définir leur place par rapport à l’hagiographe traditionnel mais aussi pour s’approprier le genre. …”
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