medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
> Pelagia of Antioch (c. 283 or perhaps c. 300) Also commemorated on 9.
> June. Pelagia was a fifteen-year-old girl of Antioch, caught up in either
> Numerian's or Diocletian's persecution. The prefect sent soldiers to
> arrest her, upon which she asked for a few minutes to put on her best
> clothes. She then when upstairs and threw herself to her death. John
> Chrysostom praised her courage and faith.
How does *this* square with the usual prohibition on suicide and its
definition as a mortal sin ?
Brenda M. C.
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