A.K.A. Saint Jerome By: Alexander Perez

 Born in Dalmatia around the year 345 A.D.  Spent five years living as hermit and learning Hebrew in the Syrian desert.  Moved to Antioch where he was ordained a priest.

 After visiting Constantinople he returned to Rome where he was made secretary to Pope Damasus I (366-84).  After the death of Pope Damasus I, Jerome journeyed to Egypt and then to Palestine.  About 386 he settled in Bethlehem, where he spent the rest of his life presiding over a monastery and devoting himself to study.

 Jerome is famous primarily for his work in translating the Bible from the original Hebrew and Greek into a Latin version known as the Vulgate.  The word Vulgate comes from the Latin word vulgatus, which means the “common language”.

 Jerome vs. Augustine  Lost in translation  More Hebrew than Greek