Madeleine Scopello

Madeleine Scopello
A photograph of Madeleine Scopello in 2014
Born
Maria Maddalena Scopello

(1953-11-04) November 4, 1953 (age 71)
NationalityFrench
OccupationResearcher
AwardsOrdre des Palmes académiques
Academic background
EducationUniversity of Turin
Paris-Sorbonne University
Academic work
DisciplineHistory of religion
Sub-disciplineGnosticism and Manichaeism
InstitutionsCNRS

Madeleine Scopello (born 4 November 1953 in Turin, Italy) is a French historian of religion. She is director of research at the CNRS (UMR 8167 "Orient et Méditerranée", Classical and Late Antiquity, Paris-Sorbonne) and director of studies at the École pratique des hautes études (chair of Gnosticism and Manichaeism).[1] She also teaches at the Institut catholique de Paris, Faculty of History (History of Ancient Christianity).