Feast of St Paula: fluent in Latin and Greek, and a student of Hebrew, she provided invaluable assistance to St Jerome in his translation of the Latin Vulgate Bible from the original languages.
@RobertEllsberg @RobertEllsberg
26 Jan 2020
FD of St Paula (404) a widow in Rome who gave up her wealth to follow St Jerome to the holy land where she assisted in translation of the Latin Bible.
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Sad how the Church has always oppressed women, huh? 馃槃
Replying to @RobertEllsberg
Ah the woman behind the scenes , of course ! Thank you for highlighting her !