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Saint '''Jerome''' (Latin: ''Hieronymus''), who lived from 342 – 30 September 420, is the most famous Catholic biblical scholar of antiquity, and perhaps of all time.   

Saint '''Jerome''' (Latin: ''Hieronymus''), who lived from 342 – 30 September 420, is the most famous [[Roman Catholicism|Catholic]] biblical scholar of antiquity, and perhaps of all time.   

Jerome was born in Stridonia, on the borders of Dalmatia and Pannonia, and given the Latin name ''Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus''.  He was, from his infancy, raised a Catholic,<ref>St. Jerome, "Epistle to Theophilus of Alexandria" 82.2.2; avaliable in ''Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium'' (Vienna, 1865-) vol. 55, pp. 107-119.</ref> and was baptized in Rome.  At Rome he learned Latin and Greek.  Soon, however, desiring to give himself fully to Christ and to the knowledge of the Scriptures, Jerome journeyed East, studying at Antioch.  He then, in order to purify his soul of all youthful temptations, set out into the desert (of Chalcis, south-west of Antioch).  Thus did he act in imitation of Christ, St. John the Baptist, and the Desert Fathers.  He found a converted Jew to teach him Hebrew (and Chaldaic).  Additionally, Jerome was ordained a priest at Antioch.  Eventually he made his way to Constantinople to study the Scriptures under the renowned scholar St. Gregory Nazianzus (“the Theologian”).  Thereafter he journeyed to Rome, on ecclesiastical business, and was admitted into the court of Pope Damasus.

Jerome was born in Stridonia, on the borders of Dalmatia and Pannonia, and given the Latin name ''Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus''.  He was, from his infancy, raised a Catholic,<ref>St. Jerome, "Epistle to Theophilus of Alexandria" 82.2.2; avaliable in ''Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium'' (Vienna, 1865-) vol. 55, pp. 107-119.</ref> and was baptized in Rome.  At Rome he learned Latin and Greek.  Soon, however, desiring to give himself fully to Christ and to the knowledge of the Scriptures, Jerome journeyed East, studying at Antioch.  He then, in order to purify his soul of all youthful temptations, set out into the desert (of Chalcis, south-west of Antioch).  Thus did he act in imitation of Christ, St. John the Baptist, and the Desert Fathers.  He found a converted Jew to teach him Hebrew (and Chaldaic).  Additionally, Jerome was ordained a priest at Antioch.  Eventually he made his way to Constantinople to study the Scriptures under the renowned scholar St. Gregory Nazianzus (“the Theologian”).  Thereafter he journeyed to Rome, on ecclesiastical business, and was admitted into the court of Pope Damasus.