Women in Church history
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Women play a variety of roles in Christianity—notably as contemplatives, healthcare providers, educationalists, and missionaries. Until recent times, women have been generally excluded from episcopal
Crowned Madonna Della Strada in the Church of the Gesu in Rome
"Adam and Eve" by Albrecht Dürer (1504)
Christ in the House of Martha and Mary, Diego Velázquez, 1618. This Gospel episode suggests that Jesus broke with the conventions of his age and provided religious instruction to women.
Mary Magdalene kneeling within a Stabat Mater scene by Gabriel Wuger, 1868
Jerome
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Jerome, also known as Jerome of Stridon, was an early Christian priest, confessor, theologian, translator, and historian; he is commonly known as Saint Jerome.
Saint Jerome by Matthias Stom, 1635
St. Jerome in His Study (1480), by Domenico Ghirlandaio
St Jerome in the Nuremberg Chronicle (1493)
St. Jerome in the Desert, by Giovanni Bellini (1505)