The
South English Legendary is a
Middle English (13th to 14th century)
hagiographic work, best preserved in
MS Harley 2277 and
CCCC 145, which contain 92 narrative
lives, extremely varied in length, usually including one of two prologues and often including a life of Christ and/or temporal items. The collection also includes lives of "anti-saints"
Judas and
Pilate.