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The five women who rejected the Council of Chalcedon and followed Susan See factoid page

Place of residence:

Anonymi 3662 resided near the House of Mars Menas. See factoid page

Relationships

Anonymous 3662 and Suzanna were monks at the same monastery. See factoid page

Anonymous 3667 was a monastic authority over Anonymous 3662. See factoid page

Events

Of the women who had submitted to the judgments of the Council of Chalcedon, five nuns rejected it and followed Susan into exile. See factoid page

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A tower was erected in Mars Menas for protection, in which the women who followed Susan dwelt and made a living from the labor of their hands. See factoid page

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Anonymi 3662 who followed Susan into exile became very distressed over her absence because they did not know that she had taken up residence in the hermit's cave. See factoid page

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After ten days, people of the village were moved by the sisters' weeping and distress and discovered that Susan had been living in the hermit's cave. See factoid page

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Anonymi 3695 went to fetch Anonymi 3662, who immediately came to the cave to retrieve Susan. Susan did not respond to their entreaties, since demons had visited her the day before disguised as the sisters in an attempt to dislodge her from the hermitage. See factoid page

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Even though Anonymi 3662 managed to convince Susan that they were not demons, she refused to return to the monastery with them as she wished to live as a hermit. They agreed to bring her a jug of water and seven bread cakes a week for her sustenance on the condition that she will not leave without giving them prior notice. This went on for three years, during which time the fame of the Susan and her sisters grew. See factoid page

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Anonymi 3664 came to Susan and Anonymi 3352 from Alexandria and from Libya. See factoid page

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Maro and and his ten disciples had been Susan's neighbors in a monastery in Palestine before they were driven out of their monastery by the Chalcedonian persecution. They made their way to Susan and Anonymi 3662. See factoid page

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Maro and Anonymi 3665 settled near Susan and Anonymi 3662. Many others followed and settled near the holy sisters. Anonymi 3662 and Susan did not wish to cause scandal by living in such close proximity to men, so they endeavored to leave their tower and go further into the desert. See factoid page

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Maro and Anonymi 3665 felt ashamed once they learned of Susan's plan to remove herself and Anonymi 3662 to the desert and offered to build them an enclosed monastery with a tower within the village, so that they could be isolated but remain close to the other holy men and women who travelled to be near her. Susan reluctantly agreed. See factoid page

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