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Faltonia Betitia Proba

322 - 370

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Faltonia Betitia Proba (c. AD 306/315 – c. 353/366) was a Latin Roman Christian poet, perhaps the earliest female Christian poet whose work survives. A member of one of the most influential aristocratic families, she composed the Cento Vergilianus de laudibus Christi, a cento composed with verses by Virgil re-ordered to form an epic poem centred on the life of Jesus. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Faltonia Betitia Proba is the 3,117th most popular writer (up from 3,603rd in 2024). (up from 3,009th in 2019)

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Among writers, Faltonia Betitia Proba ranks 3,117 out of 7,302Before her are Larry Niven, Gunnar Staalesen, Herbert Read, Frederick Denison Maurice, Ludovico di Varthema, and Jim Rohn. After her are Aleksandr Tvardovsky, Jonathan Franzen, Marco Foscarini, Jean-Sifrein Maury, Lily Braun, and Leon Uris.

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Among people born in 322, Faltonia Betitia Proba ranks 2Before her is Emperor Kang of Jin.  Among people deceased in 370, Faltonia Betitia Proba ranks 2Before her is Eudoxius of Antioch.

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