Luce Pietri
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Luce Pietri | |
|---|---|
| Born | 13 May 1931 |
| Died | 15 February 2024 (aged 92) |
| Spouse | Charles Pietri |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | École normale supérieure de jeunes filles |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Late antiquity |
| Institutions | Paris-Sorbonne University |
| Notable works | Histoire du christianisme des origines à nos jours; Prosopographie chrétienne du Bas-Empire |
Luce Pietri (née Gascoin, 13 May 1931 – 15 February 2024) was a French historian and scholar of late antiquity.
Pietri attended the Lycée Thiers in Marseille (Khâgne 1950–51)[1] and École normale supérieure de jeunes filles in 1952.[2]
Career
Pietri is known for her work on late antique history and early Christianity, especially the history of Gaul, and prosopography. She has also published editions of the hagiographies of Gregory of Tours.[3]
In 1992–93 she was appointed a professor at the Paris-Sorbonne University.[4] During the 1990s, she was the director of Centre Lenain de Tillemont at the Paris-Sorbonne University.[5]
