Names of countries, cities and biblical sites have not been included; neither have references to Jerome because of their ubiquity.
Abraham 83, 84, 107, 111, 124, 126, 146, 167, 168, 176, 192, 211
Adelphios 52
Aeneas 76
Aeneas (New Testament) 80
Albina (mother of Marcella) 58, 61
Albina (mother of Melania the younger) 54, 180, 187, 234, 252
Albinus (grandfather of Paula the younger) 151, 252
Alexander (New Testament) 144
Alypius, bishop of Thagaste 180, 195, 252
Ambrose, bishop of Milan xxix, 128
Ammonius 52
Anastasius, pope 67
Andromeda 80
Anna 61
Antimus 134
Antony of Egypt xxix, 58, 63, 78, 142, 238, 240
Apronianus 54
Arsetes 87
Arsisius 52
Artaxius 12
Aspasius 12
Athanasius, bishop of Alexandria xix, 63, 161, 238
Augustine, bishop of Hippo xiv, xvii, xviii, xix, xx, xxiv, 4, 50, 180, 195, 245, 252
Aurelius, bishop of Carthage 195
Avita (niece of Melania the elder) 54
Basil (Macrina’s brother) xxvi, 20, 21, 26, 27, 30, 31, 32, 33, 55
Belshazzar 129
Blesilla (daughter of Paula the elder) 72, 77, 121
Blesilla (mother of Paula the elder) 75
Bridegroom, Christ as 37, 105, 111, 112, 114, 115, 122, 130, 131, 135, 147, 148, 157, 196
Cerealis 60
Chrysaphios 27–8
Constantine, emperor xi, 217, 236
Croesus 63
Cybele 160
Cyprian, bishop of Carthage 128, 161, 246
Cyril, bishop of Alexandria 203
David (Old Testament) 81, 82, 91, 113, 119, 168, 169, 176, 210
desert xviii, xxi, xxv, 50, 52, 58, 72, 78, 87, 106, 115, 118, 140, 142, 147, 152, 180, 205, 206, 213, 230
Deuteronomy 92
Dinocrates (Perpetua’s brother) 9–10
Dioscurus 52
Domitian, emperor 79
Dorcas 80
dream (or vision) xxvii, 4–7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 23, 32, 34, 137, 205, 215, 227
Elijah 79, 85, 113, 117, 124, 126, 139, 177
Elisha 85, 86, 113, 118, 126, 176
Emmelia (mother of Macrina) xi, xxiii, xxiv, 22–31, 43
Encratites xviii
Ennius 64
Epiphanius, bishop of Salamis 65, 77, 79, 97
Essenes 142
Eudocia, empress xxiv, 180, 217, 220–21
Eudoxia, empress 213
Eustochium xi, xix, xxi, xxiv, xxv, xxvii, xxviii, 58, 59, 64, 72, 73, 75, 76, 78, 90, 103, 104, 106, 107, 108, 110–48, 155, 156, 162, 166
Flavia Domitilla 79
Gate of Life (Sanavivaria) 11, 16
Gerontius xi, xxiii, xxiv, 179–230
Geta, emperor 10
Gnostics xx
Gorgonia (sister of Gregory of Nazianzus) xiv
Gracchi family 74, 75, 108, 152, 155
Gregory (unidentified theologian) 55
Gregory of Nazianzus xiv
Gregory of Nyssa xi, xiv, xxvii
heresy xxvi, 32, 53, 54, 63, 66, 99, 102, 120, 198
Hilary, bishop of Poitiers 161
Isaiah 85, 92, 99, 131, 143, 148,
Isis 160
Jacob 81, 82, 83, 85, 91, 113, 119, 126, 139, 146, 169, 176
Jeremiah 67, 107, 126, 142, 175
Job 34, 90, 92, 113, 119, 161, 188
Jocundus 12
John the Baptist 86, 100, 119, 142, 153, 176
John Cassian xviii
Jonah 80
Joseph (Old Testament) 84
Jovinus 55
Judas 113
Judith 127
Jupiter 151
Laeta (mother of Paula the younger) xi, xxi, xxiv, xxvii, 150–63
Lampadion 41–2
Laurence, saint 185
Lazarus 84, 101, 126, 170, 176, 195
Macrina x, xi, xiv, xx, xxii, xxiii, xxiv, xxv, xxvi, xxvii, 20–48
Macrina the elder (Macrina’s grandmother) 23
Mani, Manichaeism, Manichee 120, 145, 245n58
Marcella x, xi, xiii, xxi, xxii, xxiv, xxv, xxvi, xxvii, 58–70, 153, 166–77
Marcellinus 52
Mary (mother of Christ) xiv, xviii, xix, xxvi, 82, 83, 88, 124, 125, 127, 128, 144, 147, 153, 157, 161, 168, 175
Mary and Martha (New Testament) 84, 130, 195
Melania the elder x, xxi, xxii, xxiii, xxiv, xxv, xxvii, 50–56
Melania the younger xi, xii, xiii, xvi, xvii, xx, xxiii, xxiv, xxv, xxvii, 54, 180–234
Meletius, bishop of Antioch xxvii
Minerva 167
Minucius Timinianus 9
Miriam 147
Monica (mother of Augustine) xiv
Mount of Olives (Mount Olivet) xxiii, 50, 84, 176, 180, 187, 206, 207, 208, 219
Naomi 107
Naucratios (brother of Macrina) 27–8
Nestor 203
Nonna (mother of Gregory of Nazianzus) xiv
Obadiah 86
Olbius 66
Olympias (friend of John Chrysostom) 234
paganism x, xiv, xxv, xxvi, xxvii, 4, 68, 137, 152, 175, 201, 213, 216, 249n5
Palladius xi, xiii, xxii, 50, 51, 72, 180
Pammachius (son-in-law of Paula the elder) 77
Paphnutios 52
Paul, saint x, xiv, xv, xviii, xx, 35, 62, 64, 65, 66, 69, 79, 89, 94, 96, 98, 99, 102, 114, 117, 118, 123, 126, 134, 135, 136, 142, 146, 147, 151, 169, 173, 196, 225
Paula the elder x, xi, xvii, xxi, xxii, xxiii, xxiv, xxv, xxvi, xxvii, 58, 59, 64, 72–108, 155, 162, 166
Paula the younger xi, xvi, xxi, xxiv, 103, 149–63, 206, 225, 228
Paulinus, bishop of Antioch xxvii, 53, 65, 77, 79, 202
Paulinus, bishop of Nola xxii
Perpetua and Felicitas ix, x, xi, xv, xvi, xxvii, 3–17
Peter (brother of Macrina) 30, 31, 32, 46, 47
Peter, bishop of Alexandria 63
Philo 142
Phygelus 144
Pierius (theologian) 55
Pinianus (husband of Melania the younger) 54, 180, 181, 184–234
Pisimios 52
Plautus 136
Praetextata 155
psalms 11, 24, 36, 44–5, 89, 92, 95, 96, 100, 103, 106, 133, 135, 141, 152, 153, 159, 161, 176, 197, 204, 208, 212
Publicola (son of Melania the elder, father of Melania the younger) 50, 54, 180
Quintus 12
Revelation, Book of 90, 170, 171, 175
Rogatus (father of Paula the elder) 75
Rufina (daughter of Paula the elder) 77, 78
Rufinus, ex-prefect 55
Rufinus of Aquileia xxiii, xxiv, xxv, xxvii, xxxii, 50, 53, 239n16
Rule of Benedict xix
Rusticus 16
Saturn 15
Serapion 87
Serena, empress 189–92
Silvania 55
Solomon 24, 80, 112, 119, 121, 146, 161, 169, 183
Sophronia 64
Stephen (theological writer) 55
Stoics 102
Tamar 119
Tertius 7
Toxotius (husband of Paula the elder) 76, 110, 249
Toxotius (son of Paula the elder) 77, 78, 94, 103, 150, 151, 162
Valentinian, emperor 213
Vetiana 41–3
vision see dream
Volusianus (uncle of Melania the younger) 213, 217, 218
Zaccheus 85