Paragraph:
43
Translation:
Before these two <i.e. Melania the Elder and Melania the Younger> was another [woman], famous by lineage and wealth, of great modesty and God-fearing, whose name [was] Poemenia, who loved to dwell in the holy and worshipful places, so that by her ways of life and by her love those who were named [above] were made zealous. It was she who built the Church of the Holy Ascension and surrounded [it with] buildings.
(transl. Horn and Phenix)
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Summary:
The Roman lady Poemonia founds the church of the Holy Ascension, AD 370s, from a late 5th cent. life of Peter the Iberian.