The Salerno School of Medicine was the first university to allow women to enter.[8] This resulted in a group of women known as Mulieres Salernitanae [it], meaning women of Salerno or Salernitan wives.[8][2] These women were known for their great learning.[6] This group of women consisted of Abella, Trota of Salerno, Mercuriade, Rebecca de Guarna, Maria Incarnata, and Constance Calenda.[6] The women of Salerno not only practiced medicine, but also taught medicine at the Salerno School of Medicine and wrote texts.[6] This group of women worked against the common view and roles of women at the time, and are considered a pride of medieval Salerno and a symbol of beneficence.[6]