Jerome
<p ><b>Saint Jerome</b> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" title="Latin" >Latin</a>: <i>Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus</i>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language" >Greek</a>: Εὐσέβιος Σωφρόνιος Ἱερώνυμος; c. 347 – 30 September 420) was an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illyrians" title="Illyrians" >Illyrian</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome#cite_note-1" >[1]</a></sup> Latin Christian <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priest" title="Priest" >priest</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confessor" title="Confessor" >confessor</a>, theologian and historian, who also became a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_of_the_Church" title="Doctor of the Church" >Doctor of the Church</a>. He was the son of Eusebius, of the city of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stridon" title="Stridon" >Stridon</a>, on the border of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalmatia_(Roman_province)" title="Dalmatia (Roman province)" >Dalmatia</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pannonia" title="Pannonia" class="mw-redirect" >Pannonia</a>. He is best known for his translation of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible" title="Bible" >Bible</a> into <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" title="Latin" >Latin</a> (the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulgate" title="Vulgate" >Vulgate</a>), and his commentaries on the<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_of_the_Hebrews" title="Gospel of the Hebrews" >Gospel of the Hebrews</a>. His list of writings is extensive.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome#cite_note-2" >[2]</a></sup>
He is recognised as a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint" title="Saint" >saint</a> by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church" >Catholic Church</a>, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Eastern Orthodox Church" >Eastern Orthodox Church</a>, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutheran_Church" title="Lutheran Church" class="mw-redirect" >Lutheran Church</a>, and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_England" title="Church of England" >Church of England</a> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglican_Communion" title="Anglican Communion" >Anglican Communion</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome#cite_note-3" >[3]</a></sup> Jerome is commemorated on 30 September with a memorial.</p>