JEROME, SAINT

born c. 347, Stridon, Dalmatia died 419/420, Bethlehem, Palestine Latin in full Eusebius Hieronymus, pseudonym Sophronius ; feast day September 30, biblical translator and monastic leader, traditionally regarded as the most learned of the Latin Fathers. He lived for a time as a hermit, became a priest, served as secretary to Pope Damasus, and about 389 established a monastery at Bethlehem. His numerous biblical, ascetical, monastic, and theological works profoundly influenced the early Middle Ages. He is known particularly for his Latin translation of the Bible, the Vulgate. Additional reading Collections of Jerome's works. Domenico Vallarsi, 11 vol. (173442), reprinted in J. P. Migne, Patrologia latina, vol. 2230; Corpus scriptorum ecclesiasticorum latinorum, vol. 49 (revision of Victorinus on Apocalypse), vol. 5456 (letters), vol. 59 (Jeremiah); Corpus christianorum, series latina, vol. 72 (Questions on Genesis, Hebrew Names, Psalms, Ecclesiastes), vol. 7373A (Isaiah), vol. 74 (Jeremiah), vol. 75 (Ezekiel), vol. 75A (Daniel), vol. 78 (homilies). English translations are: Frederick A. Wright, Select Letters of St. Jerome (Loeb Classical Library, 1933); W.H. Fremantle, St. Jerome: Letters and Select Works (A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, vol. 6, 1912); Charles C. Mierow, Letters of St. Jerome (Ancient Christian Writers, vol. 33, 1963); The Fathers of the Church, vol. 48 (1964; homilies 159), vol. 53 (1965; dogmatic and polemical works), vol. 57 (1966; homilies 6096).Biographies and studies. Paul Antin, Essai sur saint Jrme (1951); Yvon Bodin, Saint Jrme et l'glise (1966); Ferdinand Cavallera, Saint Jrme: savie et son oeuvre, 2 vol. (1922); Harald Hagendahl, Latin Fathers and the Classics (1958); G.O.A. Meershoek, Le Latin Biblique d'aprs saint Jrme (1966); Paul Monceaux, Saint Jrme, sa jeunesse (1932; St. Jerome: The Early Years, 1933); Francis X. Murphy (ed.), A Monument to Saint Jerome (1952); Jean Steinmann, Saint Jrme (1958; Eng. trans. 1959); Charles C. Mierow, Saint Jerome: The Sage of Bethlehem (1959); David S. Wiesen, St. Jerome As a Satirist (1964); Wilfried Hagemann, Wort als Begegnung mit Christus (1970); extensive bibliographies in Berthold Altaner, Patrologie (1958; Eng. trans. 1960).