Correspondence of Jerome
All Jerome’s Writings | Jerome’s letters only | Jerome’s translations of Scripture and prefaces only | Jerome’s writings excluding letters and translations of Scripture |
This list contains all the letters of Jerome, correlated with incipit, addressee, and date (where reference was found in J.N.D. Kelly’s biography). Asterisk (*) denotes dubious letters.
Letter numbers are taken from Hilberg edition (CSEL 54-55), including the letters written to Jerome. Letters 1-150 are either translated or summarized by Fremantle. Other translations are noted on the individual letter pages.
Title/Letter No. | Incipit | Addressee | Date |
Letter 1 | Saepe a me | Innocentius, a priest | c. 372-374 |
Letter 2 | Quam quam uellem | Theodosius and the anchorites with him | c. 372-374 |
Letter 3 | Plus Deum tribuere | Rufinus, a monk | c. 374 |
Letter 4 | Quantus beatitudinis tuae | Florentius, a monk | c. 374 |
Letter 5 | In ea {mihi} parte | Florentius | c. 374-376 |
Letter 6 | Antiquus sermo est | Julianus, a deacon of Aquileia | c. 374-376 |
Letter 7 | Non debet charta | Chromatius, Jovinus, and Eusebius | c. 374-376 |
Letter 8 | Turpillus comicus | Niceas, a subdeacon of Aquileia | c. 374-376 |
Letter 9 | Qui erga te affectus | Chrysocomus, a monk | c. 374-376 |
Letter 10 | Humanae uitae breuitas | Paulus, an old man | c. 377-379 |
Letter 11 | Chartae exiguitas | The Virgins of Aemona | c. 374-376 |
Letter 12 | Dominus noster humilitatis | Antonius, a monk | c. 374-376 |
Letter 13 | Ioannes idem apostolus | Castorina, Jerome’s maternal aunt | c. 374-376 |
Letter 14 | Quanto {studio et} amore | Heliodorus, a monk | c. 374-376 |
Letter 15 | Quoniam uetusto | Damasus of Rome | c. 376 |
Letter 16 | Inportuna in euangelio | Damasus of Rome | c. 376 |
Letter 17 | Decreueram {quidem} utendum | Marcus, an elder of the desert | c. 376 |
Letter 18a | Et factum est in anno | Damasus of Rome | c. 379-381 |
Letter 18b | {Septuaginta} et missum est | Damasus of Rome | c. 379-381 |
Letter 19 | Commentaria cum legerem | Damasus to Jerome | c. 383 |
Letter 20 | Multi super hoc | Damasus | c. 383 |
Letter 21 | Beatitudinis tuae | Damasus | c. 383 |
Letter 22 | Audi {filia} et uide et inclina | Eustochium | c. 384 |
Letter 23 | Cum hora ferme tertia | Marcella | 384 |
Letter 24 | Nemo reprehendat | Marcella | 384 |
Letter 25 | Nonagesimum psalmum | Marcella | c. 382-384 |
Letter 26 | Nuper [Super] cum pariter | Marcella | c. 382-384 |
Letter 27 | Post priorem epistulam | Marcella | c. 382-384 |
Letter 28 | Quae acceperis reddenda | Marcella | c. 382-384 |
Letter 29 | Epistol{ar}e officium {est} de | Marcella | c. 382-384 |
Letter 30 | Nudus tertius cum | Paula | c. 382-384 |
Letter 31 | Parua spe{cie} sed caritate | Eustochium | c. 382-384 |
Letter 32 | Ut tam paruam | Marcella | c. 382-384 |
Letter 33 | Marcum Terentium Varronem | Paula | c. 382-384 |
Letter 34 | Beatus Pamphilius martyr | Marcella | c. 382-384 |
Letter 35 | Dormientem te | Damasus to Jerome | 384 |
Letter 36 | Postquam epistulam | Damasus | 384 |
Letter 37 | Nuper cum Reticii | Marcella | c. 382-384 |
Letter 38 | Abraham tentatur in filio | Marcella | c. 382-384 |
Letter 39 | Quis dabit capiti | Paula | 384 |
Letter 40 | Medici quos uocant | Marcella | c. 382-384 |
Letter 41 | Testimonia {quae} de Iohannis | Marcella | c. 382-384 |
Letter 42 | Breuis {ad se/est} quaestiuncula | Marcella | c. 382-384 |
Letter 43 | Ambrosius quo chartas | Marcella | c. 385 |
Letter 44 | Ut absentia{m} corporum | Marcella | 385 |
Letter 45 | Si tibi putem a me | Asella | 385 |
Letter 46 | Mensura{m} caritas non habet | Paula to Marcella | c. 388-389 |
Letter 47 | Lecto sermone dignationis tuae | Desiderius | 393 |
Letter 48 | Christiani interdum pudoris | Pammachius | c. 393 |
Letter 49 | Quod ad te {huc} usque | Pammachius | c. 393 |
Letter 50 | Litterae tuae et amorem | Domnionem | c. 393 |
Letter 51 | Oportebat nos | Epiphanius to Johannes of Jerusalem | 394 |
Letter 52 | Petis [a me] Nepotiane | Nepotianus | 394 |
Letter 53 | Frater Ambrosius mihi tua | Paulinus, a priest | 394 |
Letter 54 | Obsecras litteris | Furia | c. 395-396 |
Letter 55 | Breui(s) epistula longas | Amandus, a priest | c. 394-398 |
Letter 56 | Numquam [aeque] quisquam | Augustine to Jerome | c. 394 |
Letter 57 | Paulus apostolus praesente | Pammachius | 395-396 |
Letter 58 | Bonus homo de bono | Paulinus, a priest | 395 |
Letter 59 | Magnis nos prouocas | Marcella | c. 393-395 |
Letter 60 | Grandes materias ingenia | Heliodorus, a bishop | 396 |
Letter 61 | Iustum quidem fuerat | Vigilantius, a priest | c. 396 |
Letter 62 | Maiora spiritus [esse] uincula | Tranquillinus | c. 397-398 |
Letter 63 | Beatissimo papae Theophilo | Theophilus, Bishop of Alexandria | 399 |
Letter 64 | Usque hodiein lectione | Fabiola | 397 |
Letter 65 | Scio me Principia | Principia, a virgin | 397 |
Letter 66 | Sanato uulneri and in cicatrice | Pammachius | 398 |
Letter 67 | Domino dilectissimo et cultu | Augustine to Jerome | 397 |
Letter 68 | Sanctus filius meus Heraclius | Casticianus | 397 |
Letter 69 | Numquam fili Oceane | Oceanus | c. 400 |
Letter 70 | Sebesium nostrum tuis | Magnus oratores | 397 |
Letter 71 | Nec opinanti mihi subito | Lucinus Baeticus | 398 |
Letter 72 | Zenon nauclerius per quem | Vitales, a priest | 398 |
Letter 73 | Misiti mihi uolumen | Euangelus, a priest | 398 |
Letter 74 | Multum in utram que partem | Rufinus, a priest | 398 |
Letter 75 | Lugubri nuntio consternatus | Theodora Spana | 399 |
Letter 76 | Quamquam mihi multorum | Abigaum, priest | 399 |
Letter 77 | Plures anni sunt quod | Oceanus | 400 |
Letter 78 | In 77 psalmo quem | Fabiola | 400 |
Letter 79 | Vereor ne officium | Saluinuus | 400 |
Letter 80 | Scio quam plurimos | Rufinus to Macharius | 398 |
Letter 81 | Diu te Romae memoratum | Rufinus | 399 |
Letter 82 | Domino uere sancto et | Theophilus of Alexandria | c. 397 |
Letter 83 | Sanctus aliquis ex fratribus | Pammachius and Oceanus to Jerome | c. 398 |
Letter 84 | Schidulae quas misistis | Pammachius and Oceanus | c. 398-399 |
Letter 85 | Voce me prouocas | Paulinus | 399 |
Letter 86 | Nuper tuae beatutudinis | Theophilus, Bishop of Alexandria | c. 400 |
Letter 87 | Sanctus episcopus Agatho | Theophilus, Bishop of Alexandria, to Jerome | 400 |
Letter 88 | Duplicem mihi gratiam | Theophilus, Bishop of Alexandria | c. 400 |
Letter 89 | Didici quod et sanctitas tua | Theophilus, Bishop of Alexandria to Jerome | c. 400 |
Letter 90 | Dominus qui locutus est | Theophilus, Bishop of Alexandria, to Epiphanius | 400 |
Letter 91 | Generalis epistula quae | Epiphanius to Jerome | c. 400 |
Letter 92 | Arbitror quod ante | Theophilus and Council to the Palestinian Bishops | 400 |
Letter 93 | Nosti domine cuncta | Reply from the Palestinian Bishops to Theophilus | c.400 |
Letter 94 | Bonus deus noster qui in | Dionysius of Lydda to Theophilus | c. 400 |
Letter 95 | Grandem sollicitudinem | Anastasius to Simplicitus. | 400 |
Letter 96 | Christum Iesum Dominum | Theophilus to the Egyptian Bishops | 401 |
Letter 97 | Rursum orientalibus uos | Pammachius and Marcella | c. 401-402 |
Letter 98 | Sollemnitatis augustae sermo | Theophilus to the Egyptian Bishops | 402 |
Letter 99 | Ex eo tempore quo beatitudinis | Theophilus, Bishop of Alexandria | c. 404 |
Letter 100 | Nunc quoque dei uiua | Theophilus to the Egyptian Bishops | c. 404 |
Letter 101 | Audiui peruenisse in manus | Augustine to Jerome | 402 |
Letter 102 | In ipso profectionis | Augustine | 402-403 |
Letter 103 | Anno praeterito per fratrem | Augustine | 396-397 or 402 |
Letter 104 | Ex quo coepi ad te scribere | Augustine to Jerome | 403 |
Letter 105 | Crebras ad me epistulas | Augustine | 403 |
Letter 106 | Vere in uobis apostolicus | Sunnia and Fretela | 404-410 |
Letter 107 | Beatus apost. Paulus scribens | Laeta | 401-402 |
Letter 108 | Si cuncta mei corporis | Eustochium | c. 403 |
Letter 109 | Acceptis litteris tuis primitus | Riparius, a priest | 404 |
Letter 110 | Quamuis existimem antequam | Augustine to Jerome | 404 |
Letter 111 | Sicut praesens rogaui | Augustine to Praesidius | c. 404 |
Letter 112 | Tres simul epistulas immo | Augustine | 404 |
Letter 113 | Paucis in exordio placet | Theophilus, Bishop of Alexandria to Jerome | 405 |
Letter 114 | Tardius beatitudini tuae latino | Theophilus, Bishop of Alexandria | 405 |
Letter 115 | Cum a sancto fratre | Augustine | 404-405 |
Letter 116 | Iam pridem tuae caritati | Augustine to Jerome | c. 405 |
Letter 117 | Retulit mihi quidam frater | A mother and daughter living in Gaul | Pre-406 |
Letter 118 | Filius meus frater tuus | Iulianus, a deacon | 407 |
Letter 119 | In ipso iam profectionis articulo | Mineruius and Alexandrius | 406 |
Letter 120 | Quomodo perfectus esse | Hedybia | 406-407 |
Letter 121 | Cur Iohannes discipulos | Algasia | 406 |
Letter 122 | Quod ignotus ad ignotum | Rusticus | c. 407 |
Letter 123 | In ueteri uia nouam | Geruchia | 409 |
Letter 124 | Ante annos circiter 10 | Auitum | 409-410 |
Letter 125 | Nihil est Christiano felicius | Rusticus, a monk | 412 |
Letter 126 | Dominus uere sanctis atque | Marcellinus and Anapsychia | 411 |
Letter 127 | Saepe et multum flagitas | Principia, a virgin | 413 |
Letter 128 | Causa difficilis paruulae | Pacatula | 413 |
Letter 129 | Quaeris Dardane | Dardanus | 414 |
Letter 130 | Inter omnes materias | Demetria, a virgin | 414 |
Letter 131 | Deum nostrum qui nos | Augustine to Jerome | 415 |
Letter 132 | Quod ad te scripsi | Augustine to Jerome | 415 |
Letter 133 | Non audacter ut falso putas | Ctesiphon | 414 |
Letter 134 | Domino uere sancto et omni | Augustine | 416 |
Letter 135 | Piissimum iter ad nos | Innocentus to Aurelius | 417 |
Letter 136 | Numquam boni aliquid | Innocentus to Jerome | 417 |
Letter 137 | Direptiones caedes incendia | Innocentus to Iohannes | 417 |
Letter 138 | Christi aduersum hostes | Riparius, a priest | 417 |
Letter 139 | Nescio qua tentatione | Apronius | 418 |
Letter 140 | Prius te Cypriane presbyt. | Cyprianus presbyter | 418 |
Letter 141 | Omni quidem tempore | Augustine | 418 |
Letter 142 | Multi utraque claudicant pede | Augustine | 418 |
Letter 143 | Sanctus Innocentius presbyter | Alypius and Augustine | 419 |
Letter 144 | Per religiosum presbyterum | Augustine to Optatus of Milevis | 400 |
Letter 145 | Inter omnia quae mihi | Exuperantius | ? |
Letter 146 | Legimus in Esaia fatuus | Euangelus, a priest | ? |
Letter 147 | Et Samuel quondam lugebat | Sabinianus, a deacon | ? |
*Letter 148 | Vetus scripturae celebrata | Pelagius to Celantia | ? |
Letter 149 | De sollemnitatibus et sabbatis | Pseudo-Jerome to (Unknown) | ? |
*Letter 150 | Procopiius Gaza to (Unknown) | ? | |
Letter 151 | Fortiter te contra hereticos | Riparius | c. 419 |
Letter 152 | Multum mihi gaudii praestitit | Riparius | 419 |
Letter 153 | Quantum gaudiis super | Bonifatius, pope | 419 |
Letter 154 | Scriptum est multa flagella | Donatus | 419-420 |
*Letter 155 | Nulla res uetus inquit | Praesidius | ? |
*Letter 156 | Preces uestrae praecepta | Certain Hermits | ? |
Letter 157 | Psalterium dudum Romae | Paula and Eustochia | ? |
Letter 158 | Scio quosdam putare psalterium | Sophronius | ? |
Compiled by: Jesse Denzin-Weber (JDW) and Dr. Glen L. Thompson (GLT)
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