Fleeing From The World
When Saint Demiana turned 15, her father wanted her to marry one of his noble friends, however, she refused to do so. She said she had devoted herself as a bride to Christ and intended to live in celibacy for the rest of her life to serve her lord, Jesus Christ. St. Demiana requested her father to build her an isolated house on the outskirts of the city where she could live with her virgin friends, fleeing from the world and its temptations.
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