Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
HAGIOLOGIST
hagiographer, hagiographist, hagiologist
(noun) the author of a worshipful or idealizing biography
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
hagiologist (plural hagiologists)
A writer on the lives of the saints; a hagiographer.
Source: Wiktionary
Ha`gi*ol"o*gist, n.
Definition: One who treats of the sacred writings; a writer of the lives of the saints; a hagiographer. Tylor. Hagiologists have related it without scruple. Southey.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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