A Biographical Dictionary of the Celebrated Women of Every Age and Country/Adrichomia, (Cornelia)

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ADRICHOMIA, (CORNELIA) a Dutch Nun of the Sixteenth Century.

Daughter of a gentleman in Holland, and a nun of the order of St. Augustin. She distinguished herself by her talent for poetry which she exercised only on religious subjects; one of which was, A Version of the Psalms of David.

Female Worthies, &c.