Madeleine Scopello

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

(1953-11-04) November 4, 1953
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). She also teaches at the Institut catholique de Paris, Faculty of History (History of Ancient Christianity).