Bettisia Gozzadini

Bettisia Gozzadini
Nineteenth-century lithograph depicting Gozzadini; no life portraits are known
Born1209
Bologna
Died2 November 1261 (aged 51–52)
Budrio
Other names
  • Battisia Gozzadini
  • Betina Gozzadina: 89 
  • Bitisia Gozzadina
  • Bitisia Gozzadini: 445 
OccupationLawyer
Known forReputedly the first woman to lecture at a university

Bettisia Gozzadini also known as Bitisia Biltisia and Beatrix (1209 – 2 November 1261),: 11  was a Bolognese jurist who lectured at the University of Bologna from about 1239. She is thought to be the first woman to have taught at a university.

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