Feast day of Ss Sergius and Bacchus – gay saints?
According to legend they were two military martyrs, officers of the Roman Army on the Syrian frontier during the reign of Galerius Maximianus, Roman emperor from 305 to 311. They are said to have been converted to Christianity by the miracles of St Peter the Apostle. There is at least a hint of ... transvetism and perhaps homosexuality in the cultus, and sometimes they are referred to as patrons of gay marriage ...
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Pip Wilson posted item above at 12:15 PM | Permalink
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Homosexuality was widepsread in acient Greece, and the Romans were relatively tolerant compared to the standards or recent history. There are some interesting stats on transvestism here: porn-stats.com
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