Jonah

Minor prophet. Called "that most beautiful dove"; prefigures the Passion by his shipwreck and calls the world to repentance.

Pope Clement VIII, Jerome's Prefaces, On Worship

• II. JEROME TO PAULINUS. — Called "that most beautiful dove"; prefigures the Passion by his shipwreck; calls the world to repentance; announces salvation under the name of Nineveh

  "Jonah, that most beautiful dove, prefiguring the passion of the Lord by his own shipwreck, calls the world to repentance"