Heated Rivalry season two? Two former nuns have shared their unlikely love story.(Getty)

Two former novice nuns have shared their story after leaving the convent, falling in love and getting married.

Francília Costa and Luiza Silvério, known online as ‘Double Wow’ (Dupla Oxiuai), first met in a convent in Brazil back in 2019.

Costa had been raised by deeply religious grandparents and was encouraged to join the convent, while Silvério joined as a teenager while searching for purpose, according to the Daily Star.

The pair initially didn’t like each other, with Silvério admitting that she thought Costa was “an unbearable and stuck-up little nun.” Costa shared that she also didn’t like Silvério, but for no particular reason.

Proximity made the heart grow fonder in this case, and the pair gradually became close friends. However, they each struggled with their mental health while living in the convent.

Costa experienced panic attacks throughout the pandemic and began to question whether life in the convent was good for her wellbeing, while Silvério suffered from anxiety and depression following the death of her grandmother.

“Religious life is very beautiful, but you need physical and mental health. It is not enough only to pray or to have a vocation,” Costa said.

Together, Costa and Silvério made the decision to leave the convent in 2020 for their mental health. Adjusting to their new lives, neither could afford to live alone and so continued to live together outside of the cloister.

Then, one night in 2023, Costa and Silvério watched ‘Love In The Villa’, a rom-com that follows a pair of enemies who fall in love while sharing a villa, and Costa realised her true feelings for her friend.

She admitted her feelings to Silvério, who kissed her in return.

The couple are now married, and posed with an image of Our Lady Aparecida, the patron saint of Brazil, at their wedding in 2025.

“Maybe we do not have a photo at the altar of a church, but we have one with Our Lady Aparecida,” said Silvério. “For us, she represents gratitude, intercession and the consecration of our family to God.”

Costa and Silverio use their social media account to share their experiences with faith, sexuality, and life after the convent.

“Our sexuality and our faith should not be separated, because they are part of us,” said Costa. “We are a couple that has faith. There is no way to separate that.”

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