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Part I - An Act to Follow

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 May 2022

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Ghazzal Dabiri  and
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Ghazzal Dabiri
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University of Maryland, College Park
Flavia Ruani
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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris
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Thecla and Medieval Sainthood
<I>The Acts of Paul and Thecla</I> in Eastern and Western Hagiography
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