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Jerome (/ dʒ ə ˈ r oʊ m /; Latin: Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus; Ancient Greek: Εὐσέβιος Σωφρόνιος Ἱερώνυμος; c. 342–347 – 30 September 420), also known as Jerome of Stridon, was an early Christian priest, confessor, theologian, translator, and historian; he is commonly known as Saint Jerome.
The Centre de santé et de services sociaux de Saint-Jérôme (Health and Social Services Centre of Saint-Jérôme or CSSS) is the non-profit body that operates three different types of a health care institution in the city: an acute-care hospital (the Hôpital régional de Saint-Jérôme), the CLSC and long-term care facilities. By its ...
The former Canadian Pacific Railway station in Saint-Jérôme at 160, rue de la Gare (in the former civic numbering, 301 Sainte-Anne Street) was designated in 1994 as a heritage railway station by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada, [6] and is now used as an exhibition space and events facility.
The Hieronymites or Jeronimites, also formally known as the Order of Saint Jerome (Latin: Ordo Sancti Hieronymi; abbreviated OSH), is a Catholic cloistered religious order and a common name for several congregations of hermit monks living according to the Rule of Saint Augustine, though the role principle of their lives is that of the 5th-century hermit and biblical scholar Jerome.
The book Saint Jerome is reading represents knowledge. The books surrounding him refer to his translation of the Bible into Latin. The lion in the shadows to the right of the saint is from a story about Saint Jerome pulling a thorn out of a lion's paw. In gratitude, the lion follows Saint Jerome around for the rest of his life, like a house cat.
Also the saint's position is similar to Giotto's, as well as the presence of ancient numismatic, a widespread theme at the time. In the foreground is Inghirami kneeling, with a crippled youth in front of him who points at Jerome's body (a trick to avoid that the donor's red garments could distract the observer).
St. Jerome in the Wilderness attributed to Andrea Mantegna, c. 1450; Saint Jerome in the Desert (Pinturicchio) by Pinturicchio, c. 1475–80; Saint Jerome in the Desert (van der Weyden) by Roger van der Weyden or his studio, c. 1450–1465; St. Jerome in the Desert (Bellini, Birmingham), Giovanni Bellini's earliest known work from c. 1450
The saint's pose may have been intended as an homage to Parmigianino's elder fellow artist Correggio, who was also based in Parma. Correggio's Venus and Cupid with a Satyr (Louvre} may have inspired St Jerome's pose with his feet forward, head tilted backwards and his body at once vertical and horizontal. In Correggio's painting, the naked love ...