Tarabotti, Helena

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• Helena Tarabotti —     Helena Tarabotti     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Helena Tarabotti     Nun and authoress, b. at Venice, 1605; d. there 1652. Obliged by her father, who was descended from a family of Bergamo, to enter the Convent of Sta. Anna at Venice, at the… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Arcangela Tarabotti — (February 24, 1604 1652) was a Renaissance Italian nun and writer, author of Paternal Tyranny (pub. 1654).Life and writingsElena Cassandra Tarabotti was born the eldest of nine children of Stefano Tarabotti and his wife Maria Cadena. At age 11,… …   Wikipedia