Sara de Sancto Aegidio

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Sara de Sancto Aegidio (also known as Sara of St. Gilles; died after 1326) was a French physician.[1]

Sara of Sancto Aegidio lived in Marseille, France.[1] She was Jewish,[2] the daughter of Davin and the widow of a physician named Avraham.[1][3] Her practice and medical knowledge is known through a contract with her student, Salvetus de Burgonoro of Salon de Provence, which is dated August 28, 1326.[1] The contract states that Sara de Sancto Aegidio was to instruct him in medicine for seven months, and also provide him with lodging and clothing.[1] In return, Sara de Sancto Aegidio's pupil was to give her any earnings that he might receive during his apprenticeship.[1] This document is the earliest and best known example of this type of teacher-student contract.[4]

References

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Further reading

  • LaBarge, Margaret (1986). A Small Sound of the Trumpet: Women in Medieval Life. Boston, MA: Beacon Press.