 Pilate 's wife is referred to in the apocryphal Gospel of Nicodemus ( probably written around the middle of the 4th century , although it is mentioned by Justin Martyr ) , which gives a more elaborate version of the episode of the dream than Matthew . She is first named as Claudia in 1619 , in the chronicle of Pseudo @-@ Dexter . In later Christian tradition she is known as Claudia Procula . 
