Paragraph:
46, 13
Translation:
Will the time never come when a breathless messenger shall bring the news that our dear Marcella has reached the shores of Palestine, and when every band of monks and every troop of virgins shall unite in a song of welcome? - - - We shall make a pilgrimage to Samaria, and side by side venerate the ashes of John the Baptist, of Elisha, and of Obadiah - - -
(transl. Fremantle, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers)
Summary:
Mention of the tomb of Saint John the Baptist in Samaria, from a letter written by Jerome in Bethlehem in the name of Paula the Elder and Eustochium to their Roman matron Marcella, ca. AD 388-392.