Massimo Alessandro Rondolino is Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Adjunct Professor of Religious Studies at Carroll University, USA.

• 1 Introduction Part One: The Early Lives 2 St. Francis of Assisi 3 Milarepa 4 Hagiological Reflections Part Two: The Standard Lives 5 Bonaventure of Bagnoregio's St. Francis 6 Tsangnyön Heruka's Milarepa 7 Hagiological Reflections 8 Conclusion

Recipient of the 2018 Frederick Streng Book Award for excellence in Buddhist-Christian Studies‘Readers of Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Hagiographical Strategies can expect to be challenged as they follow the author through unfamiliar territories and cultures, even while knowing that they are being led through it all by a trustworthy guide. Such fine-grained study of two vastly different subjects is unavoidably difficult. Those who stick with Rondolino for the entire journey, however, will be rewarded by witnessing a well-grounded example of critical comparative study and by coming away with a more expansive view how hagiography is composed. Published in Routledge’s Sanctity in Global Perspective series, this book illustrates the "global" aspect exceedingly well and invites further comparison.’ – Jon Keune, Michigan State University, in Reading Religion