Jacobus de Voragine

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Jacobus de Voragine

(Latin: Jacobus de Voragine; Italian: Jacopo da Varazze)

Italian Dominican chronicler and archbishop of Genoa from 1292. His principal works are the Genoese chronicle Chronicon Januense and the Golden Legend, a widely read medieval collection of saints’ lives. (BCW 2:532). The bibliography cites his Legenda Aurea in J. G. T. Graesse's edition (1846). (BCW 4:653).

Some links:

• Quotes: Zirkoff, Boris
• CTD article in Russian: Иаков Ворагинский
• Other resources: Russian BTS: card data

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Shortly: Italian Dominican chronicler and archbishop of Genoa from 1292. His principal works are the Genoese ...