Jacobus de Voragine | |
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![]() Jacobus de Voragine with the Golden Legend in his hand, fresco by Ottaviano Nelli, chapel of Trinci Palace, Foligno, Italy | |
Born | c. 1230 Varagine, Republic of Genoa (present-day Varazze, Italy) |
Died | 13 or 16 July 1298 or 1299 Genoa, Republic of Genoa (present-day Italy) |
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
Beatified | 11 May 1816, Genoa by Pope Pius VII |
Feast | 13 July |
Jacobus de Voragine[a] (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.[3]
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