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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


from its origins to circa AD 700, across the entire Christian world


Name

Eustochium, virgin daughter of Paula, follower of Jerome, ob. c. 420

Saint ID

S02487

Reported Death Not Before

419

Reported Death Not After

420

Gender
Female
Type of Saint
Virgins
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E06630Aldhelm, in his prose On Virginity, names *Eustochium (virgin daughter of Paula, follower of Jerome, ob. c. 420, S02487) and *Demetrias (virgin and aristocrat of Rome, 5th c., S02488) as exemplary virgins. Written in Latin in southern Britain, for the nuns at the monastery at Barking (south-east Britain), c. 675/686.
E06659Aldhelm's verse On Virginity lists a range of saints as exemplary virgins, with some variations to the list found in the earlier prose version of the same treatise. Written in Latin in southern Britain, for the nuns at the monastery at Barking (south-east Britain), c. 675/710. Overview entry