Editing 384 (section)

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* [[December 17]] &ndash; [[Pope Siricius]] succeeds [[Pope Damasus I|Damasus I]] as the 38th [[pope]]. He takes the title ''[[Pontifex Maximus]]'', after it is relinquished by the late emperor [[Gratian]].
* [[Jerome]], Christian prophet, writes his celebrated  letter ''"De custodia virginitatis"'' ([[virginity|vow of virginity]]) to [[Eustochium]], daughter of the ascetic [[Saint Paula|Paula]]. He has by this time completed his [[Vulgate]] translation of the [[Gospel]]s.
* [[Ambrose|Ambrosius]] refuses the request of Empress [[Justina (empress)|Justina]] for a church in [[Milan]], where she can worship according to her [[Arianism|Arian]] belief.
* A [[synod]] is held in [[Bordeaux]] ([[France]]).
* The [[Gallaeci]] or [[Gaul|Gallic]] woman [[Egeria (pilgrim)|Egeria]] concludes her [[Christian pilgrimage]] to the [[Holy Land]] at about this date; her narrative of it, the ''Itinerarium Egeriae'', may be the earliest surviving formal writing by a woman in western European culture.<ref>{{cite book|last=Ford|first=Marcia|title=Traditions of the Ancients|url=https://archive.org/details/traditionsofanci0000ford|url-access=registration|publisher=Broadman Holman Publishers|year=2006|isbn=9780805440768 }}</ref>
</onlyinclude>