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Statue of Saint Jerome, Church of St Catherine, Bethlehem Jerome is the second-most voluminous writer – after Augustine of Hippo (354–430) – in ancient Latin Christianity. The Catholic Church recognizes him as the patron saint of translators, librarians, and encyclopedists .
Gerolamo Emiliani, CRS (Italian: Gerolamo Emiliani also Jerome Aemilian, Hiëronymus Emiliani) (1486 – 8 February 1537) was an Italian humanitarian, founder of the Somaschi Fathers, and is considered a saint by the Catholic Church. Born in Venice, he spent some time in the military, and later served as a magistrate.
Jerome of Pavia, also known as Gerolamo, was Bishop of Pavia, from 778 until his death. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He is recognised as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church [ 2 ] and Roman Catholic Church . Jerome's cultus was confirmed in the Roman Catholic Church on 20 December 1888 by Pope Leo XIII .
Doctor of the Church: Jacob of Serugh [9] [16] [20] 521: a.k.a. Mar Jacob Jerome: 420: one of the Four Great Doctors of the Western Church: John Cassian [2] [20] 435 John Chrysostom: 407: one of the Four Great Doctors of the Eastern Church and one of the Three Holy Hierarchs: John Climacus [20] 649 John of Damascus: 749
Jerome (c. 347 – 420) is best known as the translator of the Bible from Greek and Hebrew into Latin. He also was a Christian apologist. Jerome's edition of the Bible, the Vulgate, is still an important text of Catholicism. He is recognised by the Catholic Church as a Doctor of the Church.
According to Vidimus Dominum the spirituality of St. Jerome consists in the desire to bring the Church "to the state of holiness" of the early Christian communities, serving Christ especially in poor, abandoned children and, showing them the tender "fatherhood and motherhood" of God.
St Jerome, the well known Biblical scholar and translator of the Bible into Latin (the Vulgate) had a simple view of women. According Philip Vivian, Jerome's view is that "woman is the root of all evil." [22] Like most early Christian theologians, Jerome glorified virginity and looked down on marriage. His reasoning was also rooted in Genesis ...
Jerome by Theodoric of Prague, c. 1370. De Viris Illustribus (On Illustrious Men) is a collection of short biographies of 135 authors, written in Latin, by the 4th-century Latin Church Father Jerome. He completed this work at Bethlehem in 392–393 AD. [1] The work consists of a prologue plus 135 chapters, each consisting of a brief biography.