Pelagia Saint
Pelagia Saint
Born in Antioch.
Determined to remain a virgin, at age 15 turned away the many who admired her beauty; seized by the soldiers of a magistrate intent upon claiming her, jumped off the roof of a house so as not to allow dishonor.
See also Women in World History.
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