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The cult of Saint Thecla

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Davis, Stephen J.
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Title The cult of Saint Thecla : a tradition of women's piety in late antiquity / Stephen J. Davis.
Publisher Oxford
New York : Oxford University Press
Creation Date 2003, c2001
Notes Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-276) and index.
Content Pt. I. The Cult of Saint Thecla in Asia Minor -- 1. Origins of the Thecla Cult -- 2. The Cult of Thecla at Seleucia in Asia Minor -- Pt. II. The Cult of Saint Thecla in Egypt -- 3. Thecla Devotion Among Ascetic Women in Alexandria -- 4. Pilgrimage and the Cult of Saint Thecla in the Mareotis -- 5. The Spread of Thecla Devotion Outside Alexandria and Its Environs -- App. A. A Catalogue of Published Ampullae with Saint Thecla -- App. B. Namesakes of Saint Thecla in Late Antique Egypt.
Series Oxford early Christian studies
Extent xiv, 288 pages : ill., maps, plans
23 cm.
Language English
National Library system number 990035928130205171

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