Religion Archives - Page 27 of 27

Na Agontimé

Agontimé was a queen of Dahomey in the early 1800s, one of multiple wives of King Agonglo.

Lady of Cao

The Lady of Cao is a nickname given to a female Moche mummy discovered in 2005 at the El Brujo archeological site about 45 km north of Trujillo in Peru’s La Libertad Region.

Addagoppe of Harran

Addagoppe of Harran was an Assyrian priestess of the moon god Sîn in the northern Assyrian city of Harran, and the mother of King Nabonidus (ruled 556–39 BC) of the Neo-Babylonian Empire.

Sophia Frances Anne Caulfeild

Sophia Frances Anne Caulfeild was a British writer and needleworker who wrote about religion and needlework, and frequently worked with Blanche Catherine Saward.

Luisa Roldán

Luisa Ignacia Roldán was a Spanish sculptor of the Baroque Era, and the first woman sculptor documented in Spain.

Pulcheria

Aelia Pulcheria ruled as regent of the Eastern Roman Empire during the minority of her brother Theodosius II and then empress in her own right from July 450 to her death in 453.

Themistoclea

Themistoclea was a priestess at the Temple of Apollo at Delphi and Pythagoras’s teacher.

Pope Joan

Pope Joan (Ioannes Anglicus) was, according to legend, a woman who reigned as pope from 855 to 857. Her story first appeared in chronicles in the 1200s and subsequently spread throughout Europe.