Hagiographic/hagiographical

[uncronopio]

1. A hagiography. 2. idealising its subject: said of a biography.

Related:
Hagiography: 1. a book or writing, or an assemblage of these, about the lives of saints. 2. Such books or writings as a field of study.

Example: The book was authorised, not critical, and its intent was somewhat hagiographical.

[M. Henri Day]

Very apt word, uncronopio ! And very nice to see that the Antipodes are now represented on this forum !...

Henri

[astrokatastro]

I didn’t see the litteral interpretation of that word which is using in Greece now. I saw only the metaphorically. This use is: Α painting or icon of a face or body of a saint or saints or Christ ; as well as of a religion subject.

[M. Henri Day]

Interesting that you should mention this, astrokatastro, as this more literal usage has, in English, been entirely supplanted by the figurative. But «hagiography» retains its literal sense of «biography of [i e, writing about] a saint or saints», and «Hagiographa» is a (little used) term for the Bible....

Henri

[gailr]

The Hagia Sophia was covered in more than one of my art history classes.
gailr

[astrokatastro]

Yes, we use Agiologio or Bioi Agiwn -Αγιολόγιο ή Βίοι Αγίων for biography of saint. Usually is using o Βιος και πολιτεία του τάδε αγίου. The scripts are Calling Αγία Γραφή Ηagia Grafh or Grafes