Hagiography
（重定向自Hagiology）
![Page from the Vita Sancti Martini by Sulpicius Severus](/Images/godic/202501/16/Caroline_23818.jpg")
![Calendar entries for January 1st and 2nd of the Martyrology of Oengus.](/Images/godic/202501/16/National_Library_of_Ireland_MS_G10_p243818.jpg")
![Example of Greek Orthodox visual hagiography. This is one of the best known surviving Byzantine mosaics in Hagia Sophia - Christ Pantocrator flanked by the Virgin Mary and John the Baptist made in the 12th century.](/Images/godic/202501/16/Hagiasophia-christ3818.jpg")
A hagiography /ˌhæɡiˈɒɡrəfi/ is a biography of a saint or an ecclesiastical leader. The term hagiography may be used to refer to the biography of a saint or highly developed spiritual being in any of the world's spiritual traditions. This article focuses on hagiography in the Christian traditions.