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Emerentiana

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About Emerentiana

Emerentiana’s early record is primarily one of burial and cult association with Agnes. The better-known story that she was Agnes’s foster-sister and was stoned while praying at Agnes’s tomb belongs to later hagiographic narrative. This account keeps those claims qualified as tradition because the cited reference distinguishes the cult evidence from the developed passion story.

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