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VALERIA. Jerome tells the story of Valeria, who would not remarry when her husband died, Epistola adversus Jovinianun (Letter Against Jovinian) I.46 (PL 23: 276).
Dorigen mentions Valeria among her examples of true wifehood, FranklT 1456. [Dorigen]
The name occurs in final rhyming position.
G. Dempster, "Chaucer at Work on the Complaint in The Franklin's Tale." MLN 52 (1937): 6-16; K. Hume, "The Pagan Setting of The Franklin's Tale and the Sources of Dorigen's Cosmology." SN 44 (1972): 289-294; J. Sledd, "Dorigen's Complaint." MP 45 (1947): 36-45.
From CHAUCER NAME DICTIONARY
Copyright © 1988, 1996 Jacqueline de Weever
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