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The Life of Saint Helia

The Life of Saint Helia

Virginia Burrus, Marco Conti

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The late medieval Latin "Vita Heliae" is a hagiography of the young woman Helia, set in what is now Albania. It largely concerns the Christian value of virginity, and depicts the saint debating with her mother, a bishop, and a government official.

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