Saint Eustochium
Virgin ( 
ca 419 Anno Domini A.D.) Feast: 28 September
Eustochium was the 3rd of 4 daughters of St. Paula, a Roman matron who experienced a deep conversion after the death of her husband. Joining a community with St. Marcella & other widowed Christian women, Paula devoted herself to prayer 
& the works of mercy. Eustochium was the only one of Paula's daughters to join her in this new life ...
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& Eustochium soon took a vow of perpetual virginity. Their lives took a new direction under the influence of St. Jerome , a learned scholar 
who became a chaplain to the community 
Jerome's detractors spread scurrilous rumors about his devotion to these women, prompting his departure for the Holy Land. Paula & Eustochium followed.
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Establishing a community in Bethlehem , mother & daughter learned Greek & Hebrew to assist Jerome in his ambition translation of the Scriptures into Latin 
Paula 's death in 404 A.D. left her disconsolate daughter like "a baby weaned from her nurse." Paula had wished to be so poor as not to leave a penny, & Jerome notes approvingly that she far exceeded this aim, leaving her daughter, Eustochium , with a mountain of unpaid bills.
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Nevertheless, Eustochium assumed responsibility for her mother's community & with the help from the bishop of Jerusalem , she was able to put her affairs in order by the time of her own death around 419 A.D. She was buried beside her mother in the cave of the Nativity.
"Set before your eyes the blessed Virgin Mary, whose purity was such that she earned the reward of being the mother of the Lord." 
-St. Jerome 's counsel to St. Eustochium
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