Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hagiology"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hagiology \Ha`gi*ol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ? sacred + -logy.]
The history or description of the sacred writings or of
sacred persons; a narrative of the lives of the saints; a
catalogue of saints. --J. H. Newman.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hagiology
n : literature narrating the lives (and legends) of the saints
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