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Geoffrey chaucer the nun's priest's tale
Geoffrey chaucer the nun's priest's tale





Finally she dies her house becomes the church of St.

geoffrey chaucer the nun

She survives for three days, preaching the faith. A tormentor attempts to behead her, striking three times. She is condemned to be burned in a "bath of flames" she survives a night and a day. She refuses to worship the Roman gods Almachius commands her to worship the gods and boasts of his power Cecilia shows him the foolishness of his arguments.

geoffrey chaucer the nun

The prefect Almachius orders them siezed, but the officer sent for them is converted by Cecilia. Valerian is converted his brother Tiburce is also converted. She sends him to Saint Urban, who is in hiding.

geoffrey chaucer the nun

Cecilia, a noble Roman maiden, is wedded to Valerian, but she tells him her guardian angel will slay anyone who touches her to see the angel he must first be baptized.







Geoffrey chaucer the nun's priest's tale