A Biographical Dictionary of the Celebrated Women of Every Age and Country/Morella, (Juliana)
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MORELLA (JULIANA), a Native of Barcelona.
Her father being obliged to quit Spain for a homicide, fled to Lyons, in France, where he cultivated, with much care, the genius of his daughter, who, at the age of twelve, in 1607, publickly maintained theses in philosophy, which she dedicated to Margaret of Austria, queen of Spain. Guy Patin says, that in her 10th year, she held a public disputation, in the Jesuit's college, at Lyons. She is said to have been profoundly skilled in philosophy, divinity, music, and jurisprudence; besides speaking fourteen languages. She entered into the convent of St. Praxedis, at Avignon.
Father Feejoo.