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Saint Jerome

c. 347 – 420 · Post-Nicene Latin Fathers · Latin

Commemorated June 15

Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus; the great biblical scholar of the early Latin Church. Translator of the Vulgate Bible from the Hebrew and Greek originals — the Bible of the Latin West for more than a millennium. Author of innumerable biblical commentaries, polemical works against the heresies of his day, the Lives of Paul and of Malchus the Captive Monk, and the indispensable Letters. Recognized as a saint in both Eastern and Western tradition.

Works in the library · 3

Icon: Jerome · Matthias Stom · Public domain