Category: Uncurated
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The Bishop Who Walked Into the Fire
The Life of Saint Polycarp of Smyrna (c. 69–155 AD) The soldiers came for him at suppertime. Polycarp was eighty-six… Read more.
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The Girl Who Sang the World Back Together
The Life of Saint Audrey of Ely (c. 636–679) On the flat, wind-scoured fenlands of eastern England, where the sky… Read more.
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The Girl Who Walked Through Fire and Spoke to Kings
The Life of Saint Juliana of Nicomedia (c. 285–304) The city of Nicomedia gleamed white against the sea, its marble… Read more.
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The Girl Who Chose the Lions
The Life of Saint Perpetua of Carthage (c. 181–203 AD) The baby was still nursing when the soldiers came. Vibia… Read more.
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The Bishop Who Sang the World Back to Truth
The Life of Saint Germanus of Paris (496–576) The boy was born near Autun, in the rolling green heart of… Read more.
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The Girl Who Chose the Fire
The Life of Saint Febronia of Nisibis (died 304 AD) The city of Nisibis sat on the edge of two… Read more.
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The Bishop Who Became a Bridge
The Life of Saint Germanus of Paris (c. 496–576) The boy was born into a world that looked like the… Read more.
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The Girl Who Argued with Emperors
The Life of Saint Catherine of Alexandria (c. 287–305) The philosophers filed into the great hall expecting an easy morning.… Read more.
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The Physician Who Healed Without a Price
The Life of Saint Sampson the Hospitable (c. 480–530) The old man knelt in the mud beside a leper whom… Read more.
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