A Venetian philosopher of noble descent who in 1678 became one of the first women to receive an academic degree from a university is named as Elena Cornaro Piscopia. She is also known in English as Helen Cornaro.
The real name of Elena Cornaro Piscopia is Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia.
Elena was born on 5th June 1946.
Elena died on 26th July 1684 in Padua, the Republic of Venice at the age of 38.
Elena died because of tuberculosis and was buried in the church of Santa Giustina. Her statue was placed in the university.
Elena was born in Ca' Loredan, Venice, Republic of Venice.
The nationality and ethnicity of Elena is Venetian.
Gemini is the zodiac sign of Elena.
Elena was the third child of Gianbattista Cornaro-Piscopia (father) and his mistress Zanetta Boni (mother). Her mother was a peasant and her parents were not married at the time of her birth. Gianbattista and Zanetta married officially in 1654, but their children were barred from noble privilege, which called him. Her father was chosen to become the Procuratore di San Marco de supra, the treasurer of St. Mark's Cathedral, a coveted position among Venetian nobility in 1664.
Elena studied Latin and Greek under distinguished instructors and became proficient in these languages, as well as French and Spanish by the age of 7. She also mastered Hebrew and Arabic, earning the title of Oraculum Septilingue ("Seven-language Oracle"). She later studies included mathematics, philosophy, and theology. She also became an expert musician, mastering the harpsichord, the clavichord, the harp, and the violin. She attended the University of Padua.
Elena was a very beautiful woman with a charming smile on her face. She had a perfect height with a balanced weight. Her exact information on her height and weight will be added soon.
There is no information about her marital life.
After translating the Colloquy of Christ by Carthusian monk Lanspergius from Spanish into Italian in 1669, Elena started her fame. She was invited to be a part of many scholarly societies when her fame spread and in 1670 she became president of the Venetian society Accademia dei Pacifici. She spoke for an hour in Classical Latin, explaining difficult passages selected at random from the works of Aristotle: one from the Posterior Analytics and the other from the Physics. She was proclaimed Magistra et Doctrix Philosophiae ["teacher and doctor in philosophy"]. On 5th June 2019, Google celebrated her 373rd birthday with a Google Doodle.