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The Message of Pilate's Wife (1886–94) by James Tissot (Brooklyn Museum). It is likely that Pontius Pilate was married. [14] It is possible that his wife accompanied him to his post as governor of Judaea (26–36/37 CE); while governors were forbidden to bring their wives to their posts under the Republic and Augustus, the law was later repealed by the Senate.
However, he is stopped by Pontius Pilate, who has sentenced Jesus to death. Claudia Procula, Pilate's wife, helps Taurus because she liked Jesus's teachings. She shows Taurus where Jesus's body was buried. A few more questions are asked, and Pilate makes up a story about finding the body to end the investigation. Taurus knows it is not Jesus's ...
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Saint Claudia Procula, wife of Pontius Pilate (1st century) [1] [2] [3] Martyrs Capitolina and Eroteis, of Cappadocia (304) [1] [3] [4] [5] [note 2]
Claudia Procula, a name traditionally attributed to Pontius Pilate's wife; Claudia Pulchra, a relative of the imperial family, accused of immorality and treason; Claudia Rufina, a woman of British descent who lived in Rome c. 90 AD and was known to the poet Martial; Claudia Quinta, who helped bring the statue of Cybele from Pessinus to Rome
"Pontius Pilate's wife (Claudia Procula)" is not OK with Wikipedia's current article naming conventions, see Wikipedia:Naming conventions. A parenthesis at the end of an article name suggests that there would've been another wife of Pilate, with another name: a parenthesis in this fashion is a disambiguator, according to current conventions.
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Sources on Pontius Pilate are limited, although modern scholars know more about him than about other Roman governors of Judaea. [14] The most important sources are the Embassy to Gaius (after the year 41) by contemporary Jewish writer Philo of Alexandria, [15] the Jewish Wars (c. 74) and Antiquities of the Jews (c. 94) by the Jewish historian Josephus, as well as the four canonical Christian ...