A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Cereta, Laura

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4120169A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography — Cereta, Laura

CERETA, LAURA,

An Italian lady, born at Brescia, eminent for her knowledge of philosophy and the learned languages. She became a widow early in life, and devoted herself entirely to literary labours. Her Latin letters appeared at Padua in 1680. She died in 1498, aged twenty-nine. Her husband's name was Pedro Serini.