Volume 55, Issue 1, June 2015
Clara Burini de Lorenzi
Pages 87-112
La Peregrinatio di Paola: Agiografia ed Esegesi (Girolamo, ep. 108)
In Letter 108, Jerome describes the itinerary of Paula from Rome to Bethlehem (108:7-14). This section introduces hagiographic and exegetical elements: the route becomes the celebration and memory of exemplary pietas while the places consent once more to the teaching of the Scripture and the inalienable principle “from letter to spirit”.