Born: 1679 (circa), Italy
Died: 1745
Country most active: Italy
Also known as: Faustina Zappi, Aglauro Cidonia
The following is excerpted from A Cyclopædia of Female Biography, published 1857 by Groomsbridge and Sons and edited by Henry Gardiner Adams.
MARATTI, ZAPPI FAUSTINA, Of Rome. Her poems appear to have contributed to the improvement of style which took place in the Italian poetry when she wrote. They are filled with the tender affection of a devoted wife and mother. She was the daughter of the famous painter Maratti. She died in 1740.