Saint Jerome

This painting is oil on canvas measuring 125cm X 100 cm and is housed in National Museum of Capodimonte, Naples, Italy.

This painting depicts Saint Jerome.  He wasborn c. 347, Stridon, Dalmatia and died 419/420, in Bethlehem. He was a biblical translator and monastic leader, traditionally regarded as the most learned of the Latin Fathers. He lived for a time as a hermit, became a priest, served as secretary to Pope Damasus I, and about 389 established a monastery at Bethlehem. His numerous biblical, ascetical, monastic, and theological works profoundly influenced the early Middle Ages. He is known particularly for his Latin translation of the Bible, the Vulgate, and has been designated a doctor of the church.