Lettera di san Girolamo a Leta matrona romana

By Saint Jerome

Subjects: Christian education of young women, Early works to 1800

Description: St. Jerome advises a Roman matron named Leta on the education of her daughter; he advises that she should each day study a Scriptural passage, followed by prayer, followed by more reading, and then followed by more prayer. This is in the hope that she ... "instead of [desiring] jewels and silk clothing, may she love the Divine books."