The Life of Saint Helia

By Virginia Burrus, Marco Conti

Subjects: Übersetzung, Biography, Vita Sanctae Heliae, Hagiography, Virginity, Sources, Englisch, Heiligenvita, Women in Christianity, Christian women saints, History, Christian saints, Latein, 11.51 early Christianity

Description: The late medieval Latin "Vita Heliae" is a hagiography of the young woman Helia, set in what is now Albania. It largely concerns the Christian value of virginity, and depicts the saint debating with her mother, a bishop, and a government official.