Women and the early Church. (Cover Story)

From: History Today | Date: February 1, 1994| Author: Shaw, Brent | Copyright information

Consider a tombstone from late fifth-century southern Italy: 'Leta, the priest (presbytera), lived 40 years, 8 months, 9 days. Her husband set this up for her'. Or a Latin inscription from Salona in Dalmatia, dated earlier in the same century: 'I Theodosius purchased this grave plot from the holy priest (presbytera sancta) Flavia Vitalia for three gold pieces'. Two notices that would seem to attest the existence of female priests - not unusual in the world of Graeco-Roman antiquity...

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