St. Jerome by Johnson, Katie

Dates

27kjohnson6 — 2024-03-12 15:57:12 UTC

Born 342 AD, Strindon, Dalmatia - Died 420 AD, Bethlehem, Palestine

Significant Locations

27kjohnson6 — 2024-03-12 16:09:25 UTC

Strindon, Dalmatia (Present Day Italy) - Location of birth and childhood

Rome - Attended school here, Baptized by the Pope

Desert of Chalcis - Spent two years on a journey here as a hermit

Name

27kjohnson6 — 2024-03-13 03:21:34 UTC

Born as Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus

27kjohnson6 — 2024-03-13 03:22:13 UTC

Patron

27kjohnson6 — 2024-03-13 03:34:03 UTC

St Jerome is the Patron Saint of archaeologists, Biblical scholars, Librarians, Students and Translators

“Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you occupied.” - St. Jerome

27kjohnson6 — 2024-03-14 02:06:10 UTC

Fact #1

27kjohnson6 — 2024-03-14 02:10:10 UTC

When he was 12, he was sent to a school in Rome where he learned grammar, rhetoric, philosophy, and read Latin literature.

Fact #2

27kjohnson6 — 2024-03-14 02:14:02 UTC

In 375, as a search for inner peace, St Jerome spent two years in the Desert of Chalcis. As a hermit, he responded to temptation with fasting and rigorous prayer.

Fact #3

27kjohnson6 — 2024-03-14 02:17:31 UTC

He translated the Bible to Latin (known as the Vulgate), which he is particularly well known for.

Sources

27kjohnson6 — 2024-03-14 15:10:38 UTC

https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=10

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Jerome

There is One God

27kjohnson6 — 2024-03-14 15:44:19 UTC

In 375, St Jerome had a dream that he was accused of being Ciceronian and not Catholic. He was then badly lashed. After, he vowed to never own or read pagan literature as a way to show his complete loyalty to Christianity and his belief of one God.

27kjohnson6 — 2024-03-14 15:54:36 UTC

God is Relational

27kjohnson6 — 2024-03-14 16:01:39 UTC

While in Chalcis, Jerome set to build and create a stronger relationship to God through prayer.

Vocation

27kjohnson6 — 2024-03-14 16:09:36 UTC

St Jerome had a dream that allowed him to realize that he must denounce pagan literature. Years later he wrote a book that was to counter pagan pride and culture called, De viris illustribus. This dream was his calling from God to pursue and spread his message about pagan religion.