Jerome

:For other uses see: Jerome (disambiguation)

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Jerome (ca. 340-September 30, 420), (full name Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus) is best known as the translator of the Bible from Greek and Hebrew into Latin. Jerome's edition, the Vulgate, is still the official biblical text of the Roman Catholic Church. He is recognized by the Vatican as a Doctor of the Church.

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340 - September 30 - 420 - Bible - Greek - Hebrew - Latin - Vulgate - Roman Catholic Church - Vatican - Doctor of the Church

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Jerome is a name shared across the European languages in remarkably unintuitive forms: Latin (and German) Hieronymus, English Jerome, French Jérôme, Dutch Jeroen, Italian Girolamo and Spanish and Portuguese Jerónimo.

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In the artistic tradition of the Roman Catholic Church it has been usual to represent him, the patron of theological learning, as a cardinal, by the side of the Bishop Augustine, the Archbishop Ambrose, and the Pope Gregory I. Even when he is depicted as a half-clad anchorite, with cross, skull, and Bible for the only furniture of his cell, the red hat or some other indication of his rank is as a rule introduced somewhere in the picture.

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Cardinal - Ambrose - Pope Gregory I - Anchorite

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