Esther
Queen of Persia and deliverer of the Jewish people. In the type of the Church, frees the people from danger.
Pope Clement VIII, Jerome's Prefaces, On Worship
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I. THE HELMETED PROLOGUE.
— The ninth book of the Hagiographa
"The ninth, Esther."
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II. JEROME TO PAULINUS.
— In the type of the Church, frees the people from danger; Haman is slain; she sends the portions of the feast to posterity
"Esther, in the type of the Church, frees the people from danger"