hagiology

There is no doubt that the saints of Irish origin supply by far the more important portion of our hagiology.

The composition seems to be intended as a satire on the monks, and in particular as a travesty of medieval hagiology.

She appears constantly in Gaelic hagiology, and with poetic as well as saintly fame casting a halo about her yellow hair.

There are some, like a lady I once knew, who think that hagiology is the scientific study of hags.

He was speaking of the New Testament, and he said, The truth was in it; but they had covered it up with their hagiology.