Bettina d'Andrea, (b. in

Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language, Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 1 ...

– d. 1355) was an Italian legal scholar and professor in

law Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior,Robertson, ''Crimes against humanity'', 90. with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been vari ...

and philosophy at the

university of Padua The University of Padua ( it, Università degli Studi di Padova, UNIPD) is an Italian university located in the city of Padua, region of Veneto, northern Italy. The University of Padua was founded in 1222 by a group of students and teachers from ...

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

Canon law Canon law (from grc, κανών, , a 'straight measuring rod, ruler') is a set of ordinances and regulations made by ecclesiastical authority (church leadership) for the government of a Christian organization or church and its members. It is th ...

at the university of Bologna, 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 at

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."

References

* Jennifer S. Uglow, ''The Macmillan Dictionary of Women's Biography'', Macmillan, 1982, 1335 deaths Jurists from Bologna 14th-century Italian women Canon law jurists Academic staff of the University of Padua Year of birth unknown 14th-century educators 14th-century Italian jurists {{Italy-law-bio-stub