In comparative religious studies, veneration of saints generally refers to the posthumous cultic veneration of a holy person more or less identifiable as a historical individual; it is centered at the place that preserves the saint’s mortal remains, thought to have miraculous powers. Occasionally veneration of living individuals is subsumed under the same category, but this extension …
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Bergunder, Michael,
Köpf, Ulrich,
Müller, Gerhard Ludwig,
Ivanov, Vladimir,
Barth, Hans-Martin,
Schwemer, Anna Maria and
Paul, Jürgen,
“Saints/Veneration of the Saints”, in:
Religion Past and Present.
Consulted online on 20 April 2021 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1877-5888_rpp_COM_09486>
First published online: 2011
First print edition: ISBN: 9789004146662, 2006-2013