A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Contarini, Gabriello Catterina

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CONTARINI, GABRIELLO CATTERINA,

Of Agolfio. No exact date of her birth is to be procured; that she lived towards the end of the fifteenth century is indubitable. She possessed a very fertile vein of poetic fancy. Her poetry manifests natural felicity in composing, as well as considerable erudition. She was distinguished for her pleasing manners and solid virtues. Her works are, "Life of St. Francesco," a poem; "Life of St. Waldo," a poem; five odes, seven canzonets, and some occasional poems.