Maria Pellegrina Amoretti (1756 — 1787), lauya ce ta kasar Italiya. An ambace ta da mace ta farko da ta kammala karatun lauya a Italiya, kuma mace ta uku da ta sami digiri. Lokacin da Amoretti ke 20 (a 1777), ta zama Doctor of Laws, a Jami'ar Pavia, inda Columbus ya sami ilimi. Ta kuma sami digiri a fannin falsafa daga Jami'ar. Amoretti da farko ya nemi zuwa Jami'ar Turin, amma an ƙi shi saboda ita mace ce, kuma karatun da ta yi a Jami'ar Pavia a 1777 da masanin tarihi Giulio Natali ke ɗauka shi ne “kammala karatun da ya fi shahara a karni na goma sha takwas.” Kodayake Amoretti ya mutu yana da shekara talatin, amma ta bar wani rubutu a kan dokokin sadaki, musamman kan aure a cikin dokar Roman, wanda dan uwanta, Carlo Amoretti ya buga a gaba a shekarar 1788. Wager-Fisher, Mary A.E. “Wise Women of the East.” Appleton’s journal, vol 3. D. Appleton and Company. New York. 1877. Pp 311-316. Giuli, Paola.