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Parabalani

The Parabalani (Late Latin, "persons who risk their lives as nurses", from Ancient Greek: ) or (from παραβολᾶνοι or παράβολοι) were the members of a brotherhood, who in early Christianity voluntarily undertook the care of the sick and the burial of the dead, knowing that they themselves could die.

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