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Athanasia of Aegina

Portrait of Athanasia of Aegina

About Athanasia of Aegina

The received life recounts Athanasia’s marriages, care for people in need, and foundation and leadership of a women’s monastery.The account also includes visions and devotional motifs; these should be understood as features of her hagiographic tradition, not independent proof of historical events.

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