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Before #ReformationDay next week, I'll be sharing 4 profiles of Reformation women! This year the focus will be why women were either not able to be involved in the Reformation or why their involvement was later forgotten in our retelling of these events.
The 4 women will be...
The 4 women will be...
Olympia Morata died #OTD in 1555. She grew up a child prodigy specialising in the classics, and later became an accomplished Renaissance scholar. But her involvement in the Reformation inadvertently led to the destruction of her work and the ending of her life.(1/12) 
Olympia grew up in the Italian court of the Duke of Ferrara. During her 20s, Olympia began studying the works of Calvin and Luther and after her father's death in 1546 Olympia returned to court aligning with the Reformers. (2/12)
