Paulina Beturia
Paulina Beturia was a Roman convert to Judaism (about the year 50), known under the name "Sarah", who, according to her , was eighty-six years and six months old at the time of her death. For sixteen years she was a Jew, a mother of the synagogues ("mater synagogarum") of the and communities in Rome.
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- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "Beturia, Paulina". The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
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