George Leo Haydock, on Jdt 16:23

“And Judith offered for an anathema of oblivion all the arms of Holofernes, which the people gave her, and the canopy that she had taken away out of his chamber.”

“An anathema of oblivion. That is, a gift or offering made to God, by way of an everlasting monument, to prevent the oblivion or the forgetting of so great a benefit. (Challoner) — Yet some would read (Calmet) oblationis, instead of oblivionis. (Tirinus) — Greek and Syriac say nothing of oblivion. The Scriptures, and pagan histories, are full of such monuments of gratitude, to perpetuate the memory of benefits received from above. (Calmet) — Greek, “to the Lord, all the vessels,” or furniture, chap. xv. 14. (Haydock) — Joseph called one of his sons, Manasses, because God had caused him to forget his former toils, Genesis xli. 51. (Menochius) — Judith’s husband had the same name; and this victory made her forget past sorrow. (Haydock)”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.