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Jerome

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Saint Jerome
Saint Jerome by Domenico Ghirlandaio
Priest, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church
Born	347 AD347 AD 4107 H 4350 AM, Stridon, Dalmatia
Died	September 30, 42030 September 420 AD 6 Tishrei 4181 H 6 Eitanim 4424 AM, Bethlehem, Judea
Venerated in	Roman Catholicism Eastern Orthodoxy Oriental Orthodoxy Anglicanism Lutheranism
Major shrine	Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome, Italy
Feast	September 30 (Western Christianity) June 15 (Eastern Christianity)
Attributes	lion, cardinal attire, cross, skull, trumpet, owl, books, and writing material
Patronage	archaeologists, archivists, Bible scholars, librarians, libraries, schoolchildren, students, translators

Saint Jerome (Latin: Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus; Greek: Ευσέβιος Σωφρόνιος Ιερόνυμος) (c. 347347 AD
4107 H
4350 AM–September 30, 42030 September 420 AD
6 Tishrei 4181 H
6 Eitanim 4424 AM) is best known as the translator of the Bible from Greek and Hebrew into Latin. Jerome's edition, the Vulgate, is still the offical biblical text of the Roman Catholic Church. He is recognized by the Roman Catholic Church as a Saint and Doctor of the Church.

In the artistic tradition of the Roman Catholic Church it has been usual to represent him, the patron of theological learning, as a cardinal, by the side of the Bishop Augustine, the Archbishop Ambrose, and the Pope Gregory I. Even when he is depicted as a half-clad anchorite, with cross, skull, and Bible for the only furniture of his cell, the red hat or some other indication of his rank is as a rule introduced somewhere in the picture.