a biography that idealizes or idolizes the person (especially a person who is a saint)
a book about the lives of saints written by an author who adulates and admires their subject
lives (biographies) of the saints
idolizing biography (in the context of religious figures, such as the Christian saints)
Hagiography is the study of saints. A hagiography refers literally to writings on the subject of such holy persons, and specifically the biographies of ecclesiastical and secular leaders. Though many hagiographies focus on the lives of men and women canonized by the Christian Church, other religions such as Buddhism and Islam also create and maintain hagiographical texts concerning saints and other individuals believed to be imbued with the sacred.
