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Did you know... that the 5th-century saint Apollinaris Syncletica might have been wrongly accused of seducing her own sister?
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... that the life of Apollinaris Syncletica, a 5th century saint, "turns on the familiar theme of a girl putting on male attire and living for many years undiscovered"? Source: Alban Butler, Butler's Lives of the Saints, p. 34
ALT1: ... that Saint Apollinaris Syncletica (5th century) might have been wrongly accused of seducing her own sister? Source: Sabine Baring-Gould, The Lives of the Saints, p. 71
A fascinating a thoroughly referenced biography. Article meets length and date requirements and hook is correctly sourced and interesting. Article is neutrally written and QPQ done. No Swan So Fine (talk) 16:16, 13 July 2020 (UTC)Reply
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Perhaps it would have been both wise and kind to tell the interested reader the meaning of the epithet "Syncletica". Elsewhere in the net I have learned that it signifies "member of a senatorial family"... Terminallyuncool and Terminallyuncool2, hampered yet again by lost passwords.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:8070:249B:4F00:804F:5388:82E4:5DEB (talk) 08:08, 20 July 2020 (UTC)Reply
A fascinating a thoroughly referenced biography. Article meets length and date requirements and hook is correctly sourced and interesting. Article is neutrally written and QPQ done. No Swan So Fine (talk) 16:16, 13 July 2020 (UTC)