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Copyright © 2004 University of Pennsylvania Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America on add-free paper w 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 First paperback edition 2008 Published by University of Pennsylvania Press Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 79104-4011 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Burrus, Virginia. The sex lives of saints : an erotics of ancient hagiography I Virginia Burros, p. cm. (Divinations : Rereading Late Ancient Religion) ISBN-y/8-0-8122-2020-9 (pbk. : alk. paper) Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. i. Sex—Religious aspects—Christianity—History of doctrines. 2. Christian hagiography—History. I. Title. 11. Series BTjoS .B88s 2004 261.8 357—dc2i 2003053338 ...

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