Sonia Velázquez met with Danièle Cybulskie, host of the Medieval Podcast to talk about the fascinating life of Saint Mary of Egypt. The episode is available on their website or on Spotify.
Medieval people spent a lot of time thinking about saints. But what they thought about saints wasn’t always what we might expect. Women saints with promiscuous backstories were fan favourites in the Middle Ages, and one of the most popular was St. Mary of Egypt. In this podcast, Prof. Velázquez speaks about St. Mary of Egypt, why she caught the medieval imagination, and how her beauty, age, and holiness spoke to generations of artists and the faithful.
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