而以《金色传奇》为代表的中世纪圣徒传记，则在细化玛利亚形象和推进民间的玛利亚崇拜方面起到了无可替代的作用。

The Middle Ages hagiology represented by Golden Legend plays an indispensible role in elaborating Mary image and promoting Mary worship.

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There is a genre of literature that details the lives of saints, Hagiography, but that came later and is largely something we find in the Christian era.

有种文学体裁就是专门细节记录圣人生活的,圣徒传记，不过这出现的比较晚,而且大多是在基督公元之后。

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