Jerome
4th and 5th-century Catholic and Eastern Orthodox saint and Doctor of the Church · Academics · Lived 345 to 420 · aged 75
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Something wrong?He gave the Western church its Bible. Jerome's fourth-century Latin translation - the Vulgate - became the standard scripture for over a millennium, and his choice to work from Hebrew rather than Greek reshaped how Europe read the Old Testament.
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Bethlehem St Jerome grave
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Detalle de relicario de San Jerónimo y Santa Catalina en el MDH
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Escultura de San Jerónimo, en el Museo Arqueológico Nacional (España)
Hieronymus Karte des Orients, London
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, Let your daughter have first of all the book of Psalms for holiness of heart, and be instructed in the Proverbs of Solomon for her godly life.
The tired ox treads with a firmer step.
Athletes as a rule are stronger than their backers; yet the weaker presses the stronger to put forth all his efforts.
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About this person
Born around 342-347, Jerome became a priest, theologian, and translator in the early Christian world. He set out to render the Bible into Latin, breaking with tradition by translating the Old Testament from Hebrew instead of the Greek Septuagint - a decision that defined the Vulgate, the text that would dominate Western Christianity for centuries. Beyond translation, he produced commentaries on scripture, polemical essays, and historical works, all through a theologian's lens. He spent years in Rome, where he advised prominent women from senatorial families on Christian ascetic life, shaping ideals of devotion in cosmopolitan circles. He died on 30 September 420, later recognized as one of the four Great Latin Church Fathers.
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