Jacobus de Voragine
1228
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1298
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
languages spoken, written or signed: Latin
occupation: translator, religious, Catholic priest, theologian, chronicler, archbishop, writer
position held: Catholic bishop, archbishop of Genoa
Jacobus de Voragine (c. 1230 – 13/16 July 1298) was an Italian chronicler and archbishop of Genoa. He was the author, or more accurately the compiler, of the Golden Legend, a collection of the legendary lives of the greater saints of the medieval church that was one of the most popular religious works of the Middle Ages. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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