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Council in Trullo (692)
Ecumenical councils, NPNF II.14
47. Canon 47
No woman may sleep in a monastery of men, nor any man in a monastery of women. For it behoves the faithful to be without offence and to give no scandal, and to order their lives decorously and honestly and acceptably to God. But if any one shall have done this, whether he be cleric or layman, let him be cut off.
Notes · Ancient Epitome of Canon XLVII
It is not allowed that a woman should sleep in a convent of men, nor a man in a monastery of women.