The idea of the digitalisation and reworking of the hagiographical texts written during the Late Byzantine era arose from the need to group them in a research tool for the study of the Late Byzantium society. The last historical period of Byzantium, which began with the reconquest of Constantinople from the Latins in 1261 and reached its end with the capital’s final fall to the Ottomans in 1453, is characterized by a rich hagiographical production. This development emerged through a dramatic historical juncture, the main features of which are the decline of the empire, the increasing Ottoman advance, political conflicts, civil wars and economic weakness. At the same time, fierce religious disputes, such as the one on the issue of the Union of Churches and the controversy over Hesychasm, which caused clear political upheavals, agitated the Byzantine society of the reduced empire during the 13th and 14th centuries.

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