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Pelagia lived her entire life in a tiny windowless cell

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After a wildly successful career as an entertainer, she decided the best retirement plan was to seal herself inside a dark, claustrophobic stone box on the Mount of Olives. Talk about an aggressive pivot away from public life.

Pelagia lived her entire life in a tiny windowless cell
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