Talk:Saint Paula

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[edit] NPOV?

  • A devoted mother, she married her daughter
  • Letter CVIII, which, though somewhat rhetorical, is a wonderful production
  • Their peace was disturbed by constant annoyances
  • Paula's need of money, she having been ruined by her generosity.

The article needs a fair deal of copyedit to oust the more idolizing than factual accounts of Paula's life. Also the - possibly just a mock-up, yet historically documented - accusation of having an indecent affair with Jerome, while still in Rome, is not mentioned in the article at all and yet it could have been one of the reasons for her pilgrimage to

The same applies also for Eustochium, the texts incorporated from Catholic Encyclopedia seem to lack the neutral point and language Wikipedia is built on. --Oneliner 12:55, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

I agree. I'll work to make it more neutral, per your suggestions. --Polylerus 16:55, 30 May 2007 (UTC)