Jerome
- Born
- c. 342–347
- Died
- 419 or 420
- Role
- Presbyter, translator and exegete
- Wrote in
- Latin
Contemporary timeline
His life beside those who lived in his time, from the year 320 to 480.
People
Movements he opposed
Events
- A person's life
- Estimated birth
- Unknown birth
- Known to be alive; death date unknown
- Active between two years
- Event
- Received as ecumenical by the Catholic and Orthodox Churches
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Who he was
A scholar born in Stridon (Dalmatia), secretary to Pope Damasus in Rome and later a monk in Bethlehem from 386. He revised the Latin Gospels and translated most of the Old Testament directly from Hebrew, forming the basis of the Vulgate, the Bible of the Latin West for over a thousand years.
- Region
- Palestine
- Language
- Latin
- Role
- Presbyter, translator and exegete
- Died
- 419 or 420
His writings
3 writings, c. 370–419
c. 382–405
392–393
c. 370–419