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Among the best accounts of St. Jerome are: Saint Jérôme, la Société chrétienne à Rome et l᾿emigration romaine en Terre Sainte, par M. Amédée Thierry (Paris, 1867), and Hieronymus sein Leben und Werken von Dr. Otto Zöckler (Gotha, 1865); the former gives a vivid, artistic, and, on the whole, accurate picture of his life, with large extracts in the original from his writings, the latter a critical and comprehensive view … Saint Jerome was born Eusebius Hieronymous Sophronius in 347 at Strido, Dalmatia (on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea). After the death of Pope Damasus, Jerome left Rome and headed to the Holy Land.Accompanied by some of the virgins of Rome (who were led by Paula, one of his closest friends), Jerome journeyed throughout Palestine, visiting sites of religious importance and studying both their spiritual and archaeological aspects. Saint-Jérôme (2011 Population 68,456) is a suburban city located about 45 kilometres (28 mi) northwest of Montreal on the Rivière du Nord. In Treveris (present-day Trier), he became extremely interested in monasticism. He was heavily influenced by Gregory of Nazianzus and Gregory of Nyssa, whose ideas about the Trinity would become standard in the Church. After a year he settled in Bethlehem, where, under his direction, Paula completed a monastery for men and three cloisters for women. Jerome also translated books of the Old Testament into Latin. Author of Before he was known as Saint Jerome, he was named Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus. In 1508, he participated in the defense of Castelnuovo against the League of Cambray (this was two years before Pope Julius II joined the Venetians). He was born around 342 AD, in Stridon, Dalmatia. The experience proved to be a great trial: He had no guide and no experience in monasticism; his weak stomach rebelled against desert food; he spoke only Latin and was terribly lonely among Greek- and Syriac-speakers, and he was frequently plagued by temptations of the flesh. The literary legacy of Jerome’s last 34 years (in Palestine) is the outgrowth of contemporary controversies, Jerome’s passion for Scripture, and his involvement in monastic life.
His father died when he was a teenager and Gerolamo ran away at the age of 15 to join the army. Get exclusive access to content from our 1768 First Edition with your subscription. The Story and History of Saint Jerome The story and history of Saint Jerome. One result of the dream was his first exegetical (critical interpretive) work, an allegorical commentary on the biblical book In 375 Jerome began a two-year search for inner peace as a The crisis arrived when Chalcis became involved with In Antioch his host, Evagrius, won Jerome over to the party of Bishop Jerome spent almost three years (379–382) continuing his pursuit of scriptural studies.
His education, begun at home, was continued in He spent the next 20 years in travel and impermanent residences. A Westerner among Easterners, Jerome found himself in a difficult position and left Chalcis.He returned to Antioch, where Evagrius once again served as his host and introduced him to important Church leaders, including Bishop Paulinus. Despite numerous errors taken over from Eusebius, and some of his own, Jerome produced a valuable work, if only for the impulse which it gave to such later chroniclers as Prosper, Cassiodorus, and Victor of Tunnuna Here Jerome lived, except for brief journeys, until his death. Senior Fellow, Woodstock Theological Center, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. Jerome was born at Stridon (probably near Ljubljana, Slovenia) sometime around 347 C.E. At Treveris (later Trier), he was profoundly attracted to Long afterward, in controversy with Rufinus, Jerome minimized the dream’s importance, but for years it prevented him from reading the classics for pleasure, and at the time it was the cause of a genuine spiritual crisis.
The son of a well-off Christian couple, he began his education at home, then continued it in Rome, where his parents sent him when he was about 12 years old.