The ''Bibliotheca Hagiographica Graeca'' is a catalogue of Greek hagiographic materials, including ancient literary works on the saints' lives, the translations of their

relic In religion, a relic is an object or article of religious significance from the past. It usually consists of the physical remains of a saint or the personal effects of the saint or venerated person preserved for purposes of veneration as a tangi ...

s, and their miracles, arranged alphabetically by

saint In religious belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of Q-D-Š, holiness, likeness, or closeness to God. However, the use of the term ''saint'' depends on the context and Christian denomination, denominat ...

. It is usually abbreviated as BHG in scholarly literature. The listings include MSS,

incipit The incipit () of a text is the first few words of the text, employed as an identifying label. In a musical composition, an incipit is an initial sequence of notes, having the same purpose. The word ''incipit'' comes from Latin and means "it beg ...

s, and printed editions. The first two editions (1895, 1909) were edited by the Bollandists, which included the Jesuit scholar Hippolyte Delehaye. The most recent editions have been the product of a single editor François Halkin. The ''BHG'' along with the ''

Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina The ''Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina'' (') is a catalogue of Latin hagiographic materials, including ancient literary works on the saints' lives, the translations of their relics, and their miracles, arranged alphabetically by saint. The ...

'' and ''

Bibliotheca Hagiographica Orientalis The ''Bibliotheca Hagiographica Orientalis'' is a catalogue of Arabic, Coptic, Syriac, Armenian, and Ethiopian hagiographic materials, including ancient literary works on the saints' lives, the translations of their relics, and their miracles, arr ...

'' are the most useful tools in the research of literary documents concerning the saints.Sergei Hackel, ed.
''The Byzantine Saint (San Bernardino: Borgo Press, 1983), 161''

Editions

* ''Bibliotheca hagiographica graeca; seu, Elenchus vitarum sanctorum,'' ed. Société des Bollandistes (Bruxelles: Apud editories, 1895).
''Bibliotheca hagiographica graeca,'' 2nd ed.
ed. Société des Bollandistes, Subsidia Hagiographica 8 (Bruxelles: Société des Bollandistes, 1909). * ''Bibliotheca hagiographica graeca,'' 3rd ed., 3 vols., ed. François Halkin, Subsidia Hagiographica 8a (Bruxelles: Société des Bollandistes, 1957 eprinted 1986. * ''Bibliotheca hagiographica graeca. Auctarium,'' ed. François Halkin, Subsidia Hagiographica 47 (Brussels: Société des Bollandistes, 1969). * ''Bibliotheca hagiographica graeca. Novum Auctarium,'' ed. François Halkin, Subsidia Hagiographica 65 (Bruxelles: Société des Bollandistes, 1984).

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of Bibliotheca Hagiographica Graeca
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''Open Library''

Clavis Clavium
a database containing all BHG records {{Authority control Christian hagiography Catalogues Jesuit publications Greek-language books Belgian books 20th-century non-fiction books 20th-century history books

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