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The deaconess of Capua

from The Life of Saint Nilus Junior which Bartholomew,
Abbot of Grottaferrata (near Rome), wrote around 1050 AD

(St Nilus lived from 910 to 1005 AD.)

translation by John Wijngaards

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Source: Migne, Patres Graeci 120,134

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Deaconess

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Location of Capua

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