Venerable Pelagia the Penitent 
St. Pelagia the Penitent was converted to Christianity by St. Nono,
Bishop of Edessa (Saturday of the Week Cheese). Before
acceptance of Christianity through Baptism, Pelagia was the head of a group dance in Antioquia
Palestine, living a life of frivolity and
prostitution.
One day, Pelagia, elegantly dressed, was making his way along
a church where St. Nonnus was preaching a sermon. The believers will
turned their backs on the sinner, but Bishop looked at her. Impressed by the beauty
outside Pelagia and foresaw
spiritual greatness within it, the saint was praying in his cell for a long time the Lord is
the sinner. He told his fellow bishops that the prostitute
ashamed at all. Explained that he took great care to decorate your body
to look beautiful in the eyes of men. "We ... we do not care about the ornament
our miserable souls," he said.
next day, when San Nono was teaching in the church on the
Case Judgement and its consequences, Pelagia came.
education made a tremendous impression on her. With the fear of God and crying tears of repentance
, asked the saint for baptism.
seeing his sincere repentance and complete, the bishop baptized Nono.
At night the devil appeared to Pelagia, urging her to return to his former life
. The saint prayed, crossing himself with the Sign of the Cross, and the devil disappeared
.
Three days after his baptism, St. Pelagia
objects gathered his courage and took the bishop Nono. The bishop ordered
were distributed among the poor, saying: "Let this be wisely dispersed, so that these riches
obtained by sin, to become
wealth for justice." After that Santa Pelagia traveled to Jerusalem to the Mount of Olives
. He lived in a cell, disguised as the monk Pelagius, who
ascetic living in isolation, and reaching great spiritual gifts. When
died, was buried in his cell.
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