hagiographers
Writers about saints
Hagiographers are writers of hagiography—accounts of saints' lives and religious figures.
The term extends to any biographer who treats their subject with excessive reverence, glossing over flaws: His biographers were more hagiographers than historians.
The implication is uncritical praise rather than honest assessment.
Written life account
- chroniclerWriter of historical accounts
- historianExpert on past events
- authorCreator of written works
- writerCreator of texts
memoirs · narrative · account · portrayal · profile · scholar · researcher · archives
Official declaration of sainthood
- beatificationDeclaring someone among blessed
- martyrdomSuffering for conviction
- miraclesSupernatural extraordinary events
- relicsPreserved items from antiquity
pilgrimage · sanctity · holiness · patron · intercession · ascetic · virtuous · chaste
Profound admiring respect
- glorificationElevating praise or worship
- exaltationIntense joyful elevation
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
- homageExpression of deep respect
eulogy · panegyric · laudation · tribute · praise · adoration · apotheosis · cult
biography
Written life account
- chroniclerWriter of historical accounts
- historianExpert on past events
- authorCreator of written works
writer · memoirs · narrative · account · portrayal · profile · scholar · researcher · archives · testimony
canonization
Official declaration of sainthood
- beatificationDeclaring someone among blessed
- martyrdomSuffering for conviction
- miraclesSupernatural extraordinary events
relics · pilgrimage · sanctity · holiness · patron · intercession · ascetic · virtuous · chaste · mendicant
reverence
Profound admiring respect
- glorificationElevating praise or worship
- exaltationIntense joyful elevation
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
homage · eulogy · panegyric · laudation · tribute · praise · adoration · apotheosis · cult · devotion
ecclesiastical
Relating to church matters
- monasteryReligious seclusion dwelling
- clergyOrdained religious officials collectively
- liturgyFormal worship structure
gospel · holy · papacy · ordination · parish · faithful · dogma · preacher · devotional · scripture
hagiographersmuckrakers
Scandal-exposing reporters
debunkers · iconoclasts · detractors · scandalmongers · defamers