Paula wa Roma

Paula wa Roma (Roma, Italia, 5 Mei 347 - Bethlehemu, Israeli, 26 Januari 404John J. Delaney, Dictionary of Saints ISBN|0-385-13594-7, p. 623) alikuwa mwanamke Mkristo wa mmojawapo kati ya koo maarufu zaidi za mji huo.

Aliolewa mapema akazaa watoto watanoInformation about Paula's early life is recorded by Saint Jerome.  In his Letter 108, he states that she had led a luxurious life and held a great status. She dressed in silks, and had been carried about the city by her eunuch slaves..

Alipokuwa na umri wa miaka 32 alifiwa mumewe akaendelea kutunza familia yake, lakini alizidi kuvutiwa na mambo ya dini na kuishi kama kitawa sawa na Marsela wa Roma na wanawake wengine kadhaa https://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/38700.

Mwaka 382 alikutana na Jeromu halafu akamfuata Bethlehemu katika monasteri zake (moja kwa wanaume na nyingine kwa wanawakeDavid Farmer, ed., Oxford Dictionary of Saints, ISBN|0-19-860629-X, p. 416. akamsaidia kutafsiri Biblia katika lugha ya KilatiniEllen Battelle Dietrick in The Woman's Bible, Volume II, page 137..

Tangu kale anaheshimiwa na Wakatoliki na Waorthodoksi kama mtakatifu. 

Sikukuu yake ni tarehe 26 JanuariMartyrologium Romanum.

Tazama pia
Watakatifu wa Agano la Kale
Orodha ya Watakatifu Wakristo
Orodha ya Watakatifu wa Afrika
Orodha ya Watakatifu Wafransisko
Mababu wa jangwani

Tanbihi

Viungo vya nje
 Saint Paula of Rome, in Catholic Encyclopedia.
 The Bible and Women Pilgrims
 Letters of Saint Jerome and Saint Paula
 Saint Paula and the Order of Saint Jerome 
 Monastery of Saint Paula (in Seville, Spain)
 Palestine Pilgrims' Text Society (1887):  The pilgrimage of the holy Paula by St Jerome

Jamii:Waliozaliwa 347
Jamii:Waliofariki 404
Jamii:Watu wa Roma ya Kale
Jamii:Wamonaki
Jamii:Mababu wa jangwani
Jamii:Watakatifu wa Italia