I Read Stories: Silkworm, Spider, Saint by Sarah Arantza Amador

 

Silkworm, Spider, Saint by Sarah Arantza Amador in Wigleaf

In a nunnery an oblate declares herself an anchorite, has herself walled in. There she writes, astounding works, passed out. People come to listen to her wisdom, she is made the abbess, leading from behind a grate.

But the custom of sending children to religious orders is fading and eventually there will be one last attendant.

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