medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
"Hagiology" is defined as:
Literature dealing with the lives of saints.
A collection of sacred writings.
An authoritative list of saints.
"Hagiography" is defined as:
Biography of saints.
A worshipful or idealizing biography.
Phyllis would be defined as a "hagiologist," since she is not constructing a biography of any saint from scratch but reporting what she finds in various bodies of literature on saints.
Hope this helps.
MG
-- Bill East <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
--- Ann Ball <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
> culture
>
> OK, guys, what is the difference between a hagiologist and a
> hagiographer?
>
It is analogous to the difference between a biologist and a biographer,
or indeed between a radiologist and a radiographer, or a cosmologist
and a cosmographer. Self-evident really. In any case, Marjorie insists
that she isn't a hagiologist anyway.
Bill.
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