Coelia Concordia

Coelia Concordia (fl. 394), was the last vestal virgin in history and the last Vestalis Maxima or Chief Vestal.[1]

The Temple of Vesta was closed in 391 by the Roman emperor Theodosius I, and Coelia stepped down from her post in 394.

References
  1. Kate Cooper (1999). The Virgin and the Bride: Idealized Womanhood in Late Antiquity. Harvard University Press. pp. 100–. ISBN 978-0-674-93950-9.


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