Dr Gwyneth Roberts
British mission doctor
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Gwen Rees Roberts
Welsh missionary
Gainor Hughes
Welsh fasting woman
Agnes Giberne
British astronomer
Margret the Adroit
Likely artisan of the 12th century Lewis chess pieces, which make up one of the most famous chess sets in the world
Melania the Elder
Melania the Elder (l. c. 350-410) was a Desert Mother honored for her devotion to God and support of Christian orders.
Paula of Rome
Saint Paula (l. 347-404) was the close associate of Saint Jerome who encouraged him to translate the Bible from Hebrew and Greek into Latin, thus creating the Vulgate Translation, which continued in use for the next 1,500 years as the authoritative scripture of Christianity.
Faltonia Betitia Proba
Proba (l. c. 322-370) is the first female Christian writer solidly attested by documentation.
Jeanne de Jussie
Jeanne de Jussie’s Short Chronicle (1535) is an eyewitness account by the nun Jeanne de Jussie (l. 1503-1561) relating how the Protestant Reformation in Geneva, Switzerland, impacted the lives of the sisters of her convent of Poor Clares.
Marie Durand
Protestant Marie Durand (c. 1715-1776) was imprisoned for 38 years in the Tower of Constance at Aigues-Mortes in the south of France, liberated in 1768, and returned to her natal village where she died in 1776.