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Women in Early Christianity
Ebooks (Online)
The Cappadocian Mothers: Deification Exemplified in the Writings of Basil, Gregory and Gregory by Call Number: EbookPublication Date: 2017
Perpetua's Passion:The Death and Memory of a Young Roman Woman by Call Number: EbookPublication Date: 1997
Women and Christian Origins by Call Number: EbookPublication Date: 1999
Women in Christian Traditions by Call Number: EbookISBN: 9781479821754Publication Date: 2015See chapter on "Women and the Conversion of an Empire"
Women in Early Christianity: Translations from Greek Texts by Call Number: EbookPublication Date: 2005
Print (In the Library)
Christian Women in the Patristic World: Their Influence, Authority, and Legacy in the Second through Fifth Centuries by Call Number: BR195.W6 C625 2017Publication Date: 2017
Early Christian Families in Context: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue by Call Number: BR195.F35 E27 2003ISBN: 080283986XPublication Date: 2004
Macrina the Younger, Philosopher of God by Call Number: BR1720.M25 S55 2008Publication Date: 2008
Matrology: A Bibliography of Writings by Christian Women from the First to the Fifteenth Centuries by Call Number: BR117 .K33 1995Publication Date: 1994
Women in the Early Church by Call Number: BR195.W6 C574 1990Publication Date: 1990
Mothers of the Church
- Perpetua and Felicity d. 203 (opens new windowabout)
- Sample title - The passion of S. Perpetua
- North African mothers
- thrown to wild animals for being Christians
- Euphemia, d. 303 (opens new windowabout)
- Juliana, d. 304
- sample title - Collaborative ministry: Skills and guidelines
- Macrina the Elder, d. c. 340 (opens new windowabout)
- grandmother of Basil the Great, Gregory of Nyssa, Macrina the Younger, and Peter of Sebaste
- disciple of Gregory Thaumaturgus
- Marcella of Rome, c. 325-410 or 411 (opens new windowabout)
- established religious order in her home on the Aventine hill in Rome
- received instruction from Jerome and corresponded with him after he left Rome
- died shortly after being beaten by Visigothic soldiers during the sack of Rome in 410
- Macrina the Younger, c. 327-380
- sample titles - Macrina the Younger, philosopher of God; The life of Saint Macrina; Christianity and classical culture : the metamorphosis of natural theology in the Christian encounter with Hellenism
- elder sister of Basil the Great and Gregory of Nyssa
- Gregory called her his teacher
- emphasized her asceticism and her virginity
- mother of Eastern monasticism
- Syncletica, 380-c. 460
- desert mother (amma)
- Vita Sanctae Syncleticae (PG 28: 1488-1557)
- sayings in A pophthegmata Patrum
- emphasized patience, gentleness, and moderation
- Melania the Elder (opens new windowabout), 342-411
- established monastery on Mount of Olives
- Egeria the Pilgrim, active, 4th-5th c.
- sample titles:& Egeria's travels to the Holy Land;& Egeria: diary of a pilgrimage.
- went on a pilgrimage, 381-384
- Paula the Elder, of Rome,347–404
- friend of Jerome
- established a monastery and convent in Bethlehem in386
- Jerome extolled her virtues in Ep.108 (MignePL22. 878 ff.).
- Monica, c. 331-387 (opens new windowabout)
- mother of Augustine
- wept and prayed perseveringly for her son's conversion
- extolled by her son for her holiness and wisdom
- Mary of Egypt, 344-c. 421 (opens new windowabout)
- Melania the Younger (opens new windowabout), 383-439
- granddaughter of the earlier Melania
- Sarah, anchoress
- desert mother (amma) in the desert of Scetis near end of the 4th c.
- sayings in Apophthegmata Patrum
- Theodora, anchoress
- desert mother (amma)
- sayings in Apophthegmata Patrum
- Ita, 475-570 or 577
- born in Ireland
- established convent of Killeedy (Limerick County)
- known for healings and the gifts of spiritual discernment and prophecy
Melania the Elder
Desert Mothers
The Forgotten Desert Mothers: Sayings, Lives, and Stories of Early Christian Women by Call Number: BR195.M65 S93 2001Publication Date: 2001
Praying with the Desert Mothers by Call Number: BR195.M65 F67 2005Publication Date: 2005
Online Indices to Women's Literature
- Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender IndexIndexes journal articles, book reviews, and essays in multi-author books about women during the Middle Ages. For books written by a single author, check library catalogs with strong collections in medieval studies such as those of the University of Notre Dame, the University of Toronto, Princeton, and Yale.
- Monastic MatrixA scholarly resource for the study of women's religious communities from 400 to 1600 CE.