User:DREA0201/Camilla Erculiani

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Life

Many of the specifics of Camilla Erculiani's personal life are unknown. This female apothecary resided in Padua, Italy, a province of Veneto; a community that was particularly active in medical and scientific pursuits in the early modern era. In fact, Galileo taught at the University of Padua during this time. Moreover, Padua, Italy, was one of the first locations that could boast a botanical garden in 1545.

Camilla, daughter to spice merchant Andrea Greghetti, was herself one of six children. She was twice married and mother of six children. Her first husband, Aloviso Stella, was the owner of an apothecary's shop called the Tre Stelle, which was located in the town of Sant'Andrea in Padua. Camilla remarried after his death. Her second husband, Giacomo Erculiani, was also an apothecary. He inherited the role of proprietor at the Tre Stelle. Erculiani had one child with her first husband and five with the other, whom she married half a year later. The details and date of her death remain a mystery, yet it is likely that she died post-1584.