Pinianus

…She is famous, along with her grandmother Melania the Elder, as an example of a noblewoman who entered Christian monasticism. Born into an old family in Rome, she married the nobleman Pinianus at the age of 13. At the age of 20, she and her husband decided to enter into an ascetic life together, and sold off their estates in Sicily, Africa, and Spain, which had given her an annual income of 120,000 solidi, and donated the money to charitable activities. …

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…貴婦人の身からキリスト教の修道生活に入った例として，祖母大メラニアとともに有名。ローマ市の旧家に生まれ，13歳で名門貴族ピニアヌスPinianusに嫁ぐ。20歳で夫とともに禁欲生活に入ることを決意，年収12万ソリドゥスを彼女に与えていたシチリア，アフリカ，スペインなどの所領を処分して，その金を慈善活動に投じた。…

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