Elena Cornaro Piscopia

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Elena Cornaro Piscopia was a 17th-century Venetian philosopher and theologian renowned as one of the first women in the world to receive a university degree and often cited as the first woman to earn a PhD.

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instanceOf Catholic nun
Italian noblewoman
academic
alumna of the University of Padua
human
philosopher
theologian
academicDegree Doctor of Philosophy
academicDiscipline philosophy
theology
buriedIn Basilica of Saint Justina, Padua
causeOfDeath tuberculosis
countryOfCitizenship Republic of Venice
dateOfBirth 1646-06-05
dateOfDeath 1684-07-26
educatedAt University of Padua
Università degli Studi di Padova
surface form: University of Padua, faculty of arts
era 17th century
ethnicGroup Italian
familyName Cornaro Piscopia
father Gianbattista Cornaro
fieldOfWork classical philology
mathematics
music
philosophy
theology
givenName Elena
hasOccupation musician
philosopher
theologian
translator
honouredIn University of Padua commemorations
influenced women's access to higher education
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned Arabic
French
Greek
Hebrew
Latin
Spanish
memberOf Benedictines
surface form: Benedictine Oblates
mother Zanetta Boni
movement Scholasticism
nobleTitle patrician of Venice
notableFor being one of the first women in the world to receive a university degree
being the first woman to receive a doctorate from the University of Padua
notableWork Latin translations of religious texts
placeOfBirth Republic of Venice
Venice
placeOfDeath Padua
Republic of Venice
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholicism
sexOrGender female

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University of Padua hasNotableAlumnus Elena Cornaro Piscopia
Università degli Studi di Padova hasNotableAlumnus Elena Cornaro Piscopia
this entity surface form: Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia
Università degli Studi di Padova hasFirstFemaleGraduate Elena Cornaro Piscopia
this entity surface form: Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia