Proba: The First Christian Woman Poet

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At SCAS, Sigrid Schottenius Cullhed will complete the monograph Proba: The First Christian Woman Poet. This forthcoming book, to be published in Oxford University Press’ “Women in Antiquity” series, will examine the life, work, socio-cultural context, and literary legacy of Faltonia Betitia Proba, a fourth-century Roman noblewoman and poet who authored one of the earliest Christian epics, Cento Vergilianus de Laudibus Christi.

She will be a Fellow at SCAS during the autumn of 2025.