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 Augustinian convent of Mount Saint Agnes
near Zwolle where his brother John had been before
him and had risen to the dignity of prior. Thomas
received priest's ...