In Roman mythology, Pomona was the goddess of fruit trees. She scorned the love of Silvanus and Picus but married Vertumnus after he tricked her, disguised as an old woman. Her high priest was called the flamen Pomonalis[?]. The pruning knife was her attribute.
... The Imitation of Christ
The work which
has given Thomas à Kempis universal fame in the
Western churches is the De imitatione Christi. It
is the pearl of all ...