Anonyma 51

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexF
FloruitE/L VIII
Dates782 (taq) / 782 (tpq)
ReligionChristian
EthnicityLombard
LocationsForum Iulii (N. Italy) (birthplace)
OccupationNun
Textual SourcesPaulus Diaconus, Versus ad Regem Precando, ed. G. Waitz, Paulus Diaconus, Historia Langobardorum, introduction, p. 5 (poetry)

Anonyma 51 was the sister of Arichis 3 and Paul the Deacon (Paulos 52); she became a nun in childhood and is mentioned as lamenting the exile in Francia of her brother Arichis 3: Paul. Diac., Versus ad Regem, lines 13-14 ("Est mihi, quae primis Christo sacrata sub annis Excubat egregia simplicitate soror"). Their parents were Warnefrit 1 and Theodelinda 1. The verses were composed in 782, seven years after Arichis 3 was exiled in 776.

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