Letter 1098: This entry contains only a manuscript reference number and no letter text.

Castrutius, a blind man of Pannonia, had set out for Bethlehem to visit Jerome. However, on reaching Cissa (whether that in Thrace or that on the Adriatic is uncertain) he was induced by his friends to turn back. Jerome writes to thank him for his intention and to console him for his inability to carry it out.

A Letter of the Holy Presbyter Severus to His Sister Claudia Concerning the Last Judgment.

To my Brother.

I call as witness the divinity honored by both philosophy and friendship: I would have preferred many deaths to the...

Rufinus, a Roman Presbyter (to be carefully distinguished from Rufinus of Aquileia and Rufinus the Syrian), had written to Jerome for an explanation of the judgment of Solomon 1 Kings 3:16-28. This Jerome gives at length, treating the narrative as a parable and making the false and true mothers types of the Synagogue and the Church. The date of ...