Pernelle Flamel
Pernelle Delamere Flamel (also Perenelle , * 1320 or 1340; † September 11, 1397 , according to other information 1402 or 1412) is considered a generous benefactress who invested her wealth in churches and hostels. She was the wife of Nicolas Flamel , a wealthy Parisian scribe , whom she married in 1355 after being twice widowed.
According to legends that first appeared in the sixteenth century, like her husband Nicolas, she is said to have earned a reputation as a successful alchemist . At her death in 1397, she is said to have left her husband a fortune of 5,300 livres .
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A street in the 4th arrondissement of Paris has been named after her since 1851 , the Rue Pernelle . There is also a street named after her husband Nicolas in the immediate vicinity.
As a fictional character, Pernelle Flamel found its way into Joanne K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone as well as into the Nicholas Flamel series by Michael Scott .
Individual evidence
- ^ Marianne Offereins: Perenelle . In: Jan Apotheker, Livia Simon Sarkadi (Ed.): European Women in Chemistry . John Wiley & Sons, 2011, ISBN 978-3-52-763646-4 , p. 30ff ( full text in the Google book search)
- ↑ Michael Scott : The Real Gist of the Story . Random House Publishing Group , accessed October 10, 2015
- ↑ Rue Pernelle. City of Paris ( Mairie de Paris ), accessed on October 12, 2015 (French, information on the location, length, history and naming of the street).
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SURNAME | Flamel, Pernelle |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Flamel, Perenelle Delamere |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French alchemist |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1320 or 1340 |
DATE OF DEATH | September 11, 1397 |