Letter 65: A commentary on Ps. XLV. addressed to Marcella's friend and companion Principia (see Letter CXXVII.).
Letter 65: To Principia, On Psalm 45 (397 AD)
[A commentary on Psalm 45 addressed to Principia, the friend and companion of the aristocratic Marcella. Jerome prefaces his exegesis with a pointed defense of his practice of writing for women — a habit that had drawn sneers from his critics. He addresses the same subject in his dedication of the Commentary of Sophronius. The fact that Jerome's most devoted and intellectually serious correspondents were women is one of the striking features of his career; that it scandalized many of his contemporaries tells us as much about them as about him.]
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