ABSTRACT
This chapter covers the methods used in compiling miracle collections and what we know about their authors and their audience. The miracle collections are repositories of details about the cult of the saints and the lives of its participants. The chapter takes into account the authors of the miracle collections, their backgrounds and their motivations for miracle collecting. The authors were involved in the cults they represented: they took part in miracle stories, argued over their saints and wrote down their patrons’ deeds against oblivion. Their narratives were the preferred version of events addressing the interests of the saints and their custodians.
