"Saint Wilgefortis is the Latin word for “Strong Virgin.” Her name is also associated with deliverance and liberation. She is said to have been the daughter of a pagan king from a Portuguese territory. Her father ordered her to marry but she had made a vow of virginity and prayed to God to liberate her from this destiny. Her prayers were answered and a thick beard grew upon her face, making her undesirable. Her angry father accused her of witchcraft and had her crucified. Attributes include her as a young beautiful woman, with or without beard, wearing a long dress and a cape with her arms stretched on a cross, crucified with nails or tied to the cross or even without the cross with her arms stretched in a cross-shape. She usually wears a long tunic and has a crown of roses on her head. In most representations she is beardless."
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