Document: On Virgins
CPL:  145
Date: 377
Latin Text: PL 16.197-244
Corona Patrum Salesiana, ser. Lat. 6 (Torino, 1939), 15-163
English Translation: NPNF2 vol. 10, pp. 361-387. Translation available here

P. Bright, “Concerning Virgins,” in Early Christian Spirituality, C. Kannengiesser ed. (Philadelphia, 1986), 82-100.
Summary of Contents: Three books on the value of virginity, seemingly based on thee sermons dedicated to his sister, Marcellina, who had live a life as a consecrated virgin.

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