On Wed, 8 Jan 1997, Bill East wrote:
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> > * Euphrosyne, virgin (fifth century?)
> > - entered religious life disguised as a man named Smaragdus
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> >She did this because she knew that if she entered a nunnery, her father would reclaim her.
> The old man, however, resorted in his grief to the Abbot of the monastery; the Abbot referred
> him to "Smaragdus" for comfort and counsel. For years therefore the father visited his
> daughter and received such comfort from the words of Smaragdus that he declared it was
> good as if he had seen his daughter Euphrosyne. Eventually Euphrosyne fell ill, and on her
> death-bed revealed her true identity to her father, asking him to lay her out after her death.
> A very touching story, and doubtless true. Oriens.
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Very touching indeed-- a lovely story!
Mike
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