Abstract
Allusions to the cardinal virtues have been a hagiographic tradition since the beginning of the Middle Ages. Over one hundred Latin Vitae written before 1500 refer to the four virtues. Most of the references date from the 11th and 12th centuries; from the 13th century on the number of sources declines as the right to canonize is restricted to the popes and the Rota displays an apparent indifference to the cardinal virtues. After 1400 the theme of the four virtues once again becomes common in hagiography mostly because of mendicant Italian friars and is eventually included in the process of canonization in modern times.
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