Anapsychia was a late Roman letter-writer, wife and widow of Marcellinus of Carthage, and correspondent of Jerome of Stridon.
[4][5] In Letter 126 to Anapsychia and Marcellinus, Jerome discusses the answer to their question on the origin of the soul.
[6] The letter is dated 412 AD, and in it Jerome also instructs the couple to speak to their bishop, Augustine of Hippo.
[6] The letter also discusses stoicism and the idea that the human soul is "consubstantial with the divine essence".
[7] Jerome also mentions that he has sent books with a Fabiola, that they can borrow if they like, demonstrating the literacy of women as well as men.