connect the dot

Person

Jerome

Biblical translator and monastic leader who settled in Bethlehem; known for the Latin Bible called the Vulgate.

1 link, 0 backed by primary records

Explore connections On the map ›

Dates
c. 347–c. 419
Place
Bethlehem
Also known as
St. Jerome, Saint Jerome, Eusebius Hieronymus
Over time
  1. Life c. 347–c. 419
  2. authored Vulgate 382–c. 405

Jerome was born about 347 and died in 419 or 420. Britannica says he settled in Bethlehem, where a monastery under his direction was finished by 389. His Latin Bible, the Vulgate, is the text the Gutenberg Bible printed.

Connections 1

authored

  • Vulgate 382–c. 405 Scholarship & press 123

    Britannica says the Vulgate was “primarily” translated by Jerome. The Pope's commission began in 382; Britannica says Jerome had his own Latin translation of the whole Old Testament, from the Hebrew, by the end of 405.

Timeline 2 dates
  1. c. 347–c. 419 Jerome
  2. 382–c. 405 Jerome authored Vulgate
Proof 3 sources
  1. Vulgate, Encyclopaedia Britannica. Scholarship & press
    In 382 Pope Damasus commissioned Jerome, the leading biblical scholar of his day, to produce an acceptable Latin version of the Bible from the various translations then being used.
  2. St. Jerome, Encyclopaedia Britannica. Scholarship & press
    He is known particularly for his Latin translation of the Bible, the Vulgate, and has been designated a doctor of the church
  3. Biblical literature: Versions after the 4th century, Encyclopaedia Britannica. Scholarship & press
    By the end of 405 he had executed his own Latin translation of the entire Old Testament based on the “Hebrew truth” (Hebraica veritas).
Page history 1 change
  1. Add two stories, 1962 borders and big-number cards (0.2.0)Alibekefba690

Edit this page: content/entities/person/je/jerome.md