Passion of the Holy Virgins Agape, Chionia and Irene

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1344/duoda2024.67.04

Abstract

Passion of the Holy Virgins Agape, Chionia and Irene, furtively approached under the silence of the night by the governor Dulcitius, longing to be satiated by their embraces; however, shortly before entering, going mad, instead of the virgins he started kissing the pots and pans, until his face and his clothes were smeared with a horrible soot. Then he gave his companion Sisinius the power to punish the virgins; this latter, also mocking miraculous ways, finally ordered that Agape and Chionia be burnt together and Irene was pierced with arrows.

Author Biography

María -Milagros Rivera Garretas, Universidad de Barcelona

  • Passion of the Holy Virgins Agape, Chionia and Irene
  • Hrotsvitha de Gandersheim
  • Latin translation by María-Milagros Rivera Garretas
  • Universitat de Barcelona

Published

2025-01-07

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Section

Tema monogràfic