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Therasia was living with her husband in Spain between 389 and 394. They owned property together and it was her wealth that supported much of their life together. Shortly after the move to Spain, their only child, a son called Celsus, died aged 8 days old. The death of their son appears to have made
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Many ascetic communities were managed by "husband-and-wife" or "spiritual brother/sister" partnerships in the Late
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them embrace a more ascetic and spiritual life and by 395 they had retreated to
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Religious men in the late antique period wrote letters (epistles) to each other forming a fertile social network of debate. Women, such as
Therasia were also part of that network of discussion, and also included:
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Therasia died between 408 and 10. After her death, Paulinus was ordained as Bishop of Nola. After his death they were interred in a double-tomb in the church of St Felix.
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