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Ancilla Dei The term handmaid of God is an expression found in patristic literature. For example the term was used as an address in letters by Augustine.〔''This female man of God: women and spiritual power in the Patristic p151 Gillian Cloke - 1995 "'Venerable handmaid of God' he wrote to Albina, 'devoted handmaid of God' to Proba; and this despite the readiness with which they took issue with him.〕 In early Christian inscriptions the title ''ancilla Dei'' (Latin for "handmaid of God") is often given to a deceased woman. From the meaning attached to this term in the Middle Ages it has sometimes been assumed that the persons so qualified in the first age of Christianity were consecrated virgins. The inscriptions containing this formula are of two classes: one, in which it is merely stated that a given person was ''ancilla Dei''; the other, from which it is clear that this title was sometimes given to persons who certainly were not religious. The former class is the more numerous, but one of the latter is quite explicit. This informs us that a certain monument was erected by a husband to his wife, whom he styles ''Dei ancilla'': "''(Laur)entius Rufine coniugi Dei anci(llae)...''".〔De Rossi, Roma Sott., III, p. 11, n. 4〕 In a Roman inscription of the first quarter of the sixth century a certain Guttes is referred to as ''ancilla Dei'', and it is further stated that she was ''nonnes'': "in presence of the nun Guttes, a handmaid of God" ("''sub presentiâ nonnes Guttes, ancille Dei''"). This reference shows that even in the sixth century, ''ancilla Dei'' is a title not peculiar to religious persons; the author regarded it as necessary to state explicitly that she was ''nonnes''.〔Cabrol, ''Dictionnaire d'architecture chrétienne'', 1902〕 From the pontificate of Pope Gregory I (590–604), however, only nuns, as a rule, were qualified by this title.〔Greg. M. Ep., vi, 23〕 ==References==
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