• Virdimura (fl. 1376) was a Sicilian Jewish doctor, the first woman officially certified to practice medicine in Sicily. Though few biographical details...
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    in Malta, throughout the Mediterranean, and globally. International Virdimura Award 2018 Premio Margutta – Sezione Empowerment Honorary Professor of...
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    after a legal examination, was conferred to a Jewish Sicilian woman, Virdimura, wife of another physician Pasquale of Catania, the historical record...
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    d'Andrea teaches law at the University of Bologna. 7 November 1376 Italy Virdimura of Catania obtains a royal medical license to practice medicine after...
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  • for her "medical capacity" in a document dated to the early 1320s, and Virdimura, a Sicilian who obtained her medical license in 1376, were female Jewish...
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  • Calenda (15th century), Italian surgeon specializing in diseases of the eye Virdimura of Catania (fl. 1376), Jewish-Sicilian physician Caterina of Florence...
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