"Monachum ecclesia peperit postumum" (Hier., Ep. 66.4.2)Derhard, Gina (Avtor) conversionmetaphorlettersEpistula 66Conversions are usually narrated in metaphors. This is also true for the conversions to asceticism present in several of Jerome’s letters. This article examines the use of metaphors of conversion in Jerome’s Letter 66 to Pammachius. The addressee’s wife, Paulina, is presented as a young mother who died in labour. I will argue that this pregnancy may be read as a transformative metaphor for Pammachius’s conversion to asceticism. The choice of this surprising metaphor, changing the relation between Paulina and Pammachius from wife and husband to mother and son, serves several intra- and extratextual functions.20212024-10-14 11:17:09Članek v reviji163919sl