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Definition of St. jerome
1. Noun. (Roman Catholic Church) one of the great Fathers of the early Christian Church whose major work was his translation of the Scriptures from Hebrew and Greek into Latin (which became the Vulgate); a saint and Doctor of the Church (347-420).
Category relationships: Church Of Rome, Roman Catholic, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Church, Western Church
Generic synonyms: Church Father, Father, Father Of The Church, Doctor, Doctor Of The Church, Saint, Theologian, Theologiser, Theologist, Theologizer
Lexicographical Neighbors of St. Jerome
Literary usage of St. jerome
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"There were two other congregations at Rome under the patronage of the same Doctor
of the Church: the Hermits of st. jerome [of the Congregation] of Blessed ..."
2. Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings edited by John Denison Champlin, Charles Callahan Perkins (1887)
"st. jerome, bearded and bald, with the lion on the right. ... The dying St Jerome,
kneeling, under a Corinthian portico, receives hia last ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Serapion was a man of great purity of life and extraordinary eloquence. St.
Jerome calls him a "scholasticus", or scholar, ..."
4. Familiar Allusions: A Hand-book of Miscellaneous Information Including the by William Adolphus Wheeler, Charles Gardner Wheeler (1894)
"Eastlake, Handbook of Painting, J9®""In the celebrated st. jerome of Correggio,
... st. jerome is seen in the background, seated at a desk, most intently ..."
5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"According to st. jerome, the principal Latin imitators of Origen are St.
Eusebius of Verceil, St. Hilary of Poitiers, and St. Ambrose of Milan; ..."
6. Familiar Allusions: A Hand-book of Miscellaneous Information, Including the by William Adolphus Wheeler, Charles Gardner Wheeler (1882)
"st. jerome. A noted picture by Titian (1477-1576). In the Brera, at Milan, Italy.
Vandyke is said to have derived some of his highest inspirations from the ..."
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