A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Adrichomia, Cornelia

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ADRICHOMIA, CORNELIA,

A descendant of the noble family of Adrictem, and a nun in Holland of the St. Augustine order, who lived in the sixteenth century, published a poetical version of the psalms, with several other religious poems. Her excellent understanding and erudition are commended by writers of her own time. She composed for herself the following epitaph:—

Corpus homo, animam superis Cornelia mando;
Pulve rulerta caro vermibus esca datur.
Non ac lacrymos, non singultus, tristesque querelas,
Sed Christo oblatus nunc precor umbra preces.