SAINT JEROME

BIOGRAPHY

• Born in ca. 342 in Stidon, Dalmatia
• In his teen years, he moved to Rome, where he was baptized a Christian by Pope Liberius
• He started on a of life studying the scriptures and becoming an ascetic
• Became ascetic of Pope Damasus I
• With funding from his friend St. Paula he build his monasteries there for men and women

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• In Rome he had translation of the New Testament from Greek into Latin
• In Bethlehem, he translarsd most of the Old Testament from Hebrew to Latin
• These translations became known as the Vulgate
• Also the official Bible of the Roman church
• He's the patronage is a librarian

He was to terrify that his own soul came down to the catacombs, so that he could remind himself of his own mortality. This reminder of death. In Latin memento mori, “remember that you will die" which is represented in art by a human skull, the grinning death’s head that awaits, that is all that is left after our own decay. And this skull is an image in representations of Jerome.

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LEGEND

According to legend, a lion went into St. Jerome's monastery in Bethlehem. The other monks in the monastery ran away in fear, but Jerome calmly looked at the lion's paw and removed a large thorn. After the lion became his companion. The other monks felt like the lion should work for his food like how they did. Jerome decided to have the lion to guard the monastery's donkey. But, one day the lion neglected his duty, and thieves stole the donkey. After seeing how the donkey was missing, the monks accused the lion of eating it then forcing the lion to do the donkey's work. Even if the lion is innocent, the lion obeyed the order without complaint. A few day had passes, the lion saw the donkey in a caravan passing by the monastery and brought it back to the monks to prove that he is innocence.

A PRAYER OF SAINT JEROME FOR CHRIST'S MERCY

O Lord, show Your mercy to me and gladden my heart. I am like the man on the way to Jericho who was overtaken by robbers, wounded and left for dead. O Good Samaritan, come to my aid. I am like the sheep that went astray. O Good Shepherd, seek me out and bring me home in accord with Your will. Let me dwell in Your house all the days of my life and praise You for ever and ever with those who are there. Amen.

“Begin now to be what you will be hereafter.”
― St. Jerome

“Never look a gift horse in the mouth.”
― St. Jerome

Date of Jerome death, September 30, 420 AD

True of False
- St.Jerome got eaten by the lion
-St.Jerome was baptized in Rome
- St.Jerome went to an art school

Questions
1. When was his death day?
2. What year and where was he born?