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The Church Fathers · c. 660
On the Perpetual Virginity of Mary
Ildefonsus of Toledo · c. 607–667
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What it is
An ornate defence of Mary's virginity written in a deliberately elaborate style, addressed to three named unbelievers as if in court.
Why it lasted
The most influential Marian work of the early medieval West, and the beginning of a distinctively Spanish devotion.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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