A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Aloysia, Sigea

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Luisa Sigea de Velasco

4103343A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography — Aloysia, Sigea

ALOYSIA, SIGEA,

Of Toledo, a Spanish lady celebrated for her learning, who wrote a letter to Paul the Third, pope of Rome, in 1540, in Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, and Syriac. She was afterwards called to the court of Portugal, where she composed several works, and died young.