PROCULA, CLAUDIA. - Name attributed to Pilate's wife by an ancient tradition. She was readily held to belong to the gens Procula, which, according to Tacitus, belonged to the equestrian order and descended from a collateral branch of the Claudii, who had lived in Gaul and had made themselves useful there. C. P. is in fact given as a native of Narbonne.
In the Gospel she is mentioned in Mt. 27:19: she begs her husband not to become involved in Jesus' trial, since she had suffered much, in a dream, on his account.
A tradition, which goes back at least to the time of Origen, calls her a proselyte of Judaism. The Greeks rank her among the secret followers of Jesus and venerate her as a saint (27 Oct.).
BibliographyM.-J. Ollivier, Ponce Pilate et les Ponts, in Revue biblique, 5 (1896), pp. 594-96.
BIBL.: M.-J. Ollivier, Ponce Pilate et les Ponts, in Revue biblique, 5 (1896), pp. 594-96.
Pasquero, Fedele. “Procula, claudia.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, col. 86. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/procula-claudia.
MLA
Pasquero, Fedele. “Procula, claudia.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, col. 86. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/procula-claudia.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec10_procula_claudia,
author = {Pasquero, Fedele},
title = {Procula, claudia},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {X},
pages = {86},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1953},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/procula-claudia}
}
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