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Jerome

Type Figure Region Balkan Peninsula Time 347–420 Also known as Jerome、Saint Jerome、圣哲罗姆、Eusebius Hieronymus

Jerome (c. 347–420), born at Stridon in Dalmatia, was a renowned late-Roman biblical scholar and Church Father who translated the Bible into Latin—th…

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  1. 347–380Stridon · DalmatiaBorn at Stridon, he studied grammar and rhetoric in Rome, then went to Antioch and Constantinople to study under Gregory of Nazianzus, and from 375 practiced asceticism in the Chalcis desert of Syria, mastering Greek and Hebrew.
  2. 382–385Rome · LazioSummoned to Rome by Pope Damasus as adviser and secretary, he began translating the Bible from Hebrew and Greek into Latin, revised the Latin New Testament, and guided several Roman noblewomen in convent life.
  3. 386–420Bethlehem · PalestineSettling at Bethlehem, he founded a monastery and convent, completed most of the Vulgate translation, wrote numerous biblical commentaries and patristic works, and corresponded with Church Fathers including Augustine.

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