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Hrosvit, also known as Hroswitha and Hroswitha of Gandersheim, was a female 10th century (c. 935 - 1001) Christian poet in Latin from Saxony. She was a nun at a Benedictine abbey in Gandersheim and was of a noble family. Her work shows familiarity with not only Church fathers, but also Classical poetry, including Vergil, Horace, Ovid, Plautus and Terence. She modelled her verse on that of Terence.

Her Latin poetry was discovered and printed in 1501. The manuscript is divided into eight saint's poems, six plays, and a panegyric on kings OttoOtto can mean: Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor Otto of Bavaria Otto of Bamberg Jan Otto publisher of Otto's encyclopedia Nikolaus Otto coinventor of the Otto cycle Otto von Bi. Her Passio Sancti Pelagii is derived, she says, from an eye witness to the martyrdom of Pelagus. Her other saintly poems deal with St. DionysiusSeveral people in history have been known by the name Dionysius Dionysius Exiguus, a Dacian monk who helped set the date of some Christian holidays Dionysius Telmaharensis, a former head of the Syrian Jacobite Church Dionysius Halicarnassensis, a Greek sc, St. BasilThis article is about basil the plant and herb. For other uses of the word basil see basil (disambiguation). Basil Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Lamiales Family: Lamiaceae Genus Ocimum Speci, St. Agnes , and the Blessed Virgin MaryBlessed Virgin Mary A traditional Catholic picture displayed sometimes in homes. It is sometimes displayed as part of a set. For accompanying image, see the Sacred Heart. The Blessed Virgin Mary sometimes shortened to The Blessed Virgin is a traditional t. Her plays feature the chastity and perseverence of Christian women and contrast these to the Latin portrayal of women as weak and emotional. She has been called the first dramatist after the Dark AgesThe Dark Ages is a concept invented in the early 14th Century by the poet Petrarch who used it to describe the preceding 900 years in Europe, beginning with the fall of the western Roman Empire in 410 through to the renewal embodied in the Renaissance., although all claims to primacy and the definition of "Dark Ages" are in doubt.

In her own day, her work was encouraged and supported by the monastic scholars of her world, but her work was forgotten after her death. Translations of her works have begun appearing in contemporary times, and she is now beginning to receive critical attention.

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