Gerolamo, ›Ad Laetam de institutione filiae (epist. 107)‹

The last two decades have seen a growing interest in Jerome’s epistolary, with the publication of several commentaries on single letters; however, no full-scale study has so far been devoted to Epistle 107, Ad Laetam de institutione filiae. This didactic and parenetic letter, addressed to the Roman noblewoman Laeta around 401-402 AD, is indeed among the most relevant pieces of Jerome’s letter collection, and while it has aroused the interest of scholars interested in the problems of Late Antique