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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The University of Bologna |
 | | It is said that their number at the beginning of the thirteenth century was 10,000. |
 | | Among the physicians of note in Bologna were a number of ecclesiastics, one of whom, Nicolaus de Farnham, became (1241) Bishop of Durham. |
 | | The number of women who taught at Bologna is also remarkable, including Novella, daughter of Joannes Andrea the jurist, Laura Bassi (1711-78), and Maria Agnesi (1718-99), mathematicians, and Clotilda Tambroni (1758-1817), professor of Greek. |
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