Flagellant

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The Flagellants are practictioners of an extreme form of mortification of their own flesh by whipping it with various instruments.

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Flagellantism was a 13th and 14th century Christian movement. It began as a militant pilgrimage and was later condemned as heretical. The followers were noted for including public flagellation in their rituals.

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Flagellation (from Latin flagellare, to whip) was not uncommon practice amongst the more fervently religious. Various pre-Christian religions, like the cult of Isis in Egypt and the Dionysian cult of Greece, practiced their own forms of flagellation. Women were flogged during the Roman Lupercalia to ensure fertility. Jews also practiced self-whipping during large temple ceremonies.

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