Yes, her dad was her biggest supporter but he died shortly after her first volume was put out. It is said, "she seems to have sustained numerous intellectual friendships with other women, including suora Veneranda, the abbess at Chiari (a prestigious boarding school attended by her brothers); the nun Nazaria Olympica; and Cereta's sister suora Deodata de Leno."

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