Download or read book Jerome's Epitaph on Paula written by Saint Jerome and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2013-07-11 with total page 601 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Composed in 404, Jerome's Epitaph on Saint Paula (Epitaphium Sanctae Paulae) is an elaborate eulogy commemorating the life of Paula (347-404), a wealthy Christian widow from Rome who renounced her senatorial status and embraced an ascetic lifestyle and in 386 co-founded with Jerome a monastic complex in Bethlehem.