Bettina d'Andrea (

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, 1311–

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, 5 October 1355) was an Italian legal scholar and professor in law and philosophy at the

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. As the daughter of Giovanni d'Andrea, professor in

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at the

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, she was educated by her father. She married Giovanni di San Giorgio, a professor at the University of Padua, and became active there as his colleague. Her sister, Novella d'Andrea, taught law at the University of Bologna until her death. Bettina's grave states in Latin: "sepulcrum domine bitine, filie qdam uondamdomini iohanis andrea de bononia archidoctoris decretorum tuxoris domini iohanis de sancto georgio de bononia doctoris decreto umque obiit anno domini MCCCLV die lune quinto octubris". This roughly translates into English as: "The grave of Lady Bettina, daughter of master Giovanni d’Andrea from Bologna, great doctor in law, and wife of master Giovanni di San Giorgio from Bologna, doctor in law, who died in 1355, Monday 5th October."

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* Uglow, Jennifer S. ''The Macmillan Dictionary of Women's Biography'', Macmillan, 1982, 1311 births 1355 deaths Jurists from Bologna 14th-century Italian women Canon law jurists Academic staff of the University of Padua 14th-century educators 14th-century Italian jurists {{Italy-law-bio-stub