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On Fri, 20 Sep 1996, Mark Lodico, Ph.D. wrote: > To all members: > Does anyone know of women saints who appeared naked as part of their > spiritual practice? I can think of several men who did so (David dancing > naked as the bands of prophets did, Symeon the new theologian, Francis of > Assisi) but can think of no women who did so. > > Can anyone help me on this? > > Mark Lodico > St Mary of Egypt was at one point left naked in the desert (I forget why at the moment--maybe it's better not to ask!) and prayed for raiment; she was rewarded with a miraculous growth of scalp hair which concealed her nakedness. Sorry I don't have a reference for this, but any of her vitas should provide the story. John Parsons %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%