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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Jerome wrote: “If all the members of my body were to be converted into tongues and each of my limbs were to be gifted with a human voice, I could still do no justice to the virtues of the holy and venerable Paula.” Noble in birth, she fulfilled her prayer to die as a pauper.
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