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Severa Seleuciane (Roman)
Severa Seleuciane was a Christian woman who lived in Rome during the 200 century CE. According to her funerary epitaph, she lived to around about the age of 42, where though the cause of her death was not disclosed. For the first 32 years of her life, she was a not considered a Christian and it wasn't until her last 10 years that she turned to Christianity. She was believed to live with her husband Aurelius Sabutius for about 17 years. Severa’s epitaph was made out of white marble and split into 3 pieces was found in a Christian cemetery outside of Rome. It is also believed that she may have been a weaver due to their being loom on her epitaph. It is believed that she was part of the early Christianity, due to the nature of her epitaph. The reason this is considered to be early Christianity is because it brings up the names of those that are considered to be wicked such as Euticius these names were used in the early part of Christianity. It also stated on her epitaph she was a Christian for about 10 years it did not go into detail about why, but it did mention it. It is important to remember that she is religious because that can play a part in tell us that she may have been a part of a cult and it also tells us that she believed in something divine, due to her being a woman it is most likely she played a submissive role meaning she did not take place in rituals if she was in a cult due to her being a woman.