 Legend may be transmitted orally, passed on person-to-person, or, in the original sense, through written text.Jacob de Voragine's "Legenda Aurea" or "The Golden Legend" comprises a series of "vitae" or instructive biographical narratives, tied to the liturgical calendar of the Roman Catholic Church.They are presented as lives of the saints, but the profusion of miraculous happenings and above all their uncritical context are characteristics of hagiography.