Letter 19: A letter from Damasus to Jerome, in which he asks for an explanation of the word Hosanna (A.D. 383). About this page Source.
From Pope Damasus
[A brief letter from Damasus to Jerome, in which the pope requests an explanation of the word "Hosanna." Written in 383 AD.]
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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