Name
Pelagia the Penitent, recluse of Jerusalem, 5th c.
Saint ID
S00250
Number in BHBHG 1478-1479
BHG 1478-1479
BHL 5323, 6605-6611
Reported Death Not Before
400
Reported Death Not After
500
Gender
Female
Type of Saint
Repentant criminals, prostitutes, etc., Hermits/recluses, Converts, Transvestites
ID | Title | E00456 | The Piacenza Pilgrim records his visit to the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem where he saw the tombs of *Pelagia the Penitent (recluse of Jerusalem, 5th c., S00250), *James (the Apostle, son of Zebedee,S00108) or *James ('brother of the Lord', S00058), *Cleophas (pupil of Jesus, S00249), and other unnamed saints. Account of an anonymous pilgrim, written in Latin, probably in Placentia (northern Italy), c. 560. | E02571 | The Penance of *Pelagia (recluse of Jerusalem, 5th c., S00250), a Greek hagiographical novel by a certain Iakobos, recounts the conversion of an actress from Antioch, who later lives as a recluse in Jerusalem, disguised as a man. Probably written in Palestine, Egypt, or Antioch before 600. | E08015 | The Chronicle of Theophanes Confessor (AM 5925) describes the conversion of *Pelagia the Penitent (recluse of Jerusalem, S00250). Chronicle compiled in the Byzantine Empire in the early 9th c., using extracts from earlier Greek texts. |
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