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SUMMA > Biblioteca Digital > Revistas UPSA > Helmántica > 2021, volumen 72, n.º 206 > Páginas 187-218. Women martyrs, animals and God's presence in ancient Christian texts
Women martyrs, animals and God's presence in ancient Christian texts
Franchi, Roberta
GodAnimalsFemale martyrsAllegorical meaning
The main aim of this paper is to examine the martyrdom of some Christian women (Blandina, Perpetua and Thecla) in close connection with the animals they have to face. On the one hand, these wild beats become the incarnation of the Devil, ready to harass the female martyr; on the other hand, the animal, perceiving God’s living presence in the female martyr, does not devour her. The wild beasts acquire symbolic meaning, strictly intertwined with God’s providence
https://doi.org/10.36576/summa.146006
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