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==Life==
 
==Life==
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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) in 375 to live the life of a hermit and dedicate himself to prayer.  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_of_Nazianzus]] (“the Theologian”).  Thereafter he journeyed to [[Rome]], on ecclesiastical business, and was admitted into the court of [[Pope Damasus]].
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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) in 375 to live the life of a hermit and dedicate himself to prayer.  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 of Nazianzus]] (“the Theologian”).  Thereafter he journeyed to [[Rome]], on ecclesiastical business, and was admitted into the court of [[Pope Damasus]].
    
==Creation of the Vulgate==
 
==Creation of the Vulgate==
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