"How often, when I was living in the desert, in the vast solitude which gives to hermits a savage dwelling-place, parched by the flames of the sun, how often did I fancy myself among the pleasures of Rome (putavi me Romanis interesse deliciis)!" (Ep. 22.7).
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Sex, Christian hagiography, History of doctrines, History, Christianity, Histoire des doctrines, Sexualité, Aspect religieux, Hagiographie chrétienne, Christianisme, Vroege kerk, Sexo (aspectos religiosos), Sexualidade (aspectos religiosos), Histoire, Heiligenlevens, Santos (biografia histórica), Erotiek, Cristianismo, Sex, religious aspects, christianity, HagiographyShowing 1 featured edition. View all 1 editions?
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The Sex Lives of Saints: An Erotics of Ancient Hagiography (Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion)
October 2007, University of Pennsylvania Press
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""How often, when I was living in the desert, in the vast solitude which gives to hermits a savage dwelling-place, parched by the flames of the sun, how often did I fancy myself among the pleasures of Rome (putavi me Romanis interesse deliciis)!" (Ep. 22.7)."
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