| Church of the Holy Sepulchre The Church of the Holy Sepulchre (), also called the Church of the Resurrection, (Greek: Ναός της Αναστάσεως, Naos tis Anastaseos; Arabic: كنيسة القيامة, Kanīsat al-Qiyāma; Armenian: Սուրբ Հարություն Surp Harutyun) by Eastern Christians, is a Christian church within the walled Old City of Jerusalem. The site is venerated by most Christians as Golgotha,Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem (the Hill of Calvary), where the New Testament says that Jesus was crucified,CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Holy Sepulchre and is said to also contain the place where Jesus was buried (the sepulchre). Church_of_the_Holy_Sepulchre
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| Teresa of Ávila At some hour of the night between 14 October and 15 October 1582, the night of the transition in Spain from the Julian to the Gregorian Calendar Teresa_of_Ávila
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| Anyte of Tegea Anyte of Tegea (fl. early 3rd century BC) was an Arcadian poet, admired by her contemporaries and later generations for her charming epigrams and epitaphs. Anyte_of_Tegea
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| Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné (February 5, 1626 – April 17, 1696) was a French aristocrat, remembered for her letter-writing. Most of her letters, celebrated for their wit and vividness, were addressed to her daughter. Marie_de_Rabutin-Chantal,_marquise_de_Sévigné
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| Piero di Cosimo de' Medici Piero de' Medici (the Gouty), Italian Piero "il Gottoso" (1416 – December 2, 1469), was the de facto ruler of Florence from 1464 to 1469, during the Italian Renaissance. He was also the father of Giuliano and Lorenzo de' Medici. Piero_di_Cosimo_de'_Medici
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| Kassia Kassia (also Kassiane, Kassiani, Casia, Ikasia, Cassia, Kassiana, or Eikasia; between 805 and 810 - bef. 867) was a Byzantine abbess, poet, composer, and [She is one of the first medieval composers whose scores are both extant and able to be interpreted by modern scholars and musicians. Kassia
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| Envoi In poetry, an envoi is a short stanza at the end of a poem used either to address an imagined or actual person or to comment on the preceding body of the poem. Envoi
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| The Pillow Book is a book of observations and musings recorded by Sei Shōnagon during her time as court lady to Empress Sadako during the 990s and early 1000s in Heian Japan. The book was completed in the year 1002. The_Pillow_Book
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| Glückel of Hameln Glückel of Hameln (also spelled Gluckel or Glikl of Hamelin; also known as Glikl bas Judah Leib) (1646, Hamburg – September 19, 1724, Metz) was a Jewish businesswoman and diarist, whose account of her life provides scholars with an intimate picture of Jewish life in Germany in the late-seventeenth-early eighteenth century. Written in Yiddish, her diaries were originally intended for her descendants. Glückel_of_Hameln
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| Al-Khansa Tumadir bint Amru al-Harith bint al-Sharid, usually simply referred to as Al-Khansa (Arabic translated as either "gazelle" or "short-nosed") was a 7th century Arabic poet. She was a contemporary of Muhammad, and eventually converted to Islam. Al-Khansa
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| Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de la Motte-Guyon (commonly known as Madame Guyon) (April 18, 1648 - June 9, 1717) was a French mystic and one of the key advocates of Quietism. Quietism was considered heretical by the Roman Catholic Church, and she was imprisoned from 1695 to 1703 after publishing a book on the topic, A Short and Easy Method of Prayer. Jeanne_Marie_Bouvier_de_la_Motte_Guyon
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| Egeria (pilgrim) In early Christian history, Egeria, also known as Aetheria, is the name of a Spanish or Gallic woman who made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land about 381–384, taking about four years to do it, and who wrote a long letter to her beloved circle of women at home (possibly Iberia or the west coast of Gaul) describing her travels. Unfortunately, we only have part of her text (and it is only a later copy). Egeria_(pilgrim)
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| Hrotsvitha Hrotsvitha, also known as Hroswitha, Hrotsvit, Hrosvit, and Roswitha (c. 935 to c. Hrotsvitha
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| Radegund Radegund (also spelled Rhadegund) (c 520–587) was a 6th century Frankish princess, who founded the Convent of Our Lady of Poitiers. Canonized in the 9th century, she is the patron saint of several English churches and of Jesus College, Cambridge. Radegund
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| Madame d'Aulnoy Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville, Baronne d'Aulnoy (1650/1651–4 January 1705) was a French writer known for her fairy tales. When she termed her works contes de fée (fairy tales), she originated the term that is now generally used for the genre. Madame_d'Aulnoy
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| Collard greens Talk:Collard_greens
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| Ban Zhao Bān Zhāo {45-116 CE}(, fl. 1st century), courtesy name Huiban (惠班), was the first female Chinese historian. Ban_Zhao
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| Elisabeth of Bohemia, Princess Palatine Elisabeth von der Pfalz or Elisabeth of Bohemia or Princess Palatine (26 December 1618 – 11 February 1680), Protestant Abbess of Herford, was the eldest daughter of Frederick V and Elizabeth Stuart, who were briefly elected King and Queen of Bohemia. She is well-known for having established a philosophical correspondence with René Descartes that lasted for seven years until his death in 1650. Elisabeth_of_Bohemia,_Princess_Palatine
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| Yeshe Tsogyal Yeshe Tsogyel, also known in the Nyingma tradition as the Great Bliss Queen, is a semi-mythical female deity or figure of enlightenment (dakini) in Tibetan Buddhism. She lived from 757 to 817, and is most identified as the mystic spiritual Yab-Yum consort of the great Indian tantric teacher Padmasambhava ("the Lotus-Born One"), who was invited to Tibet by the Emperor Trisong Detsen. Yeshe_Tsogyal
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| Sylvia Wetzel Sylvia Wetzel (born 5 July 1949 in the Black Forest) is a Buddhist feminist. She has made a name for herself in the Buddhist community of Germany in the topics of meditation and spirituality among women. Sylvia_Wetzel
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