Jerome, St

(330/347-420). Biblical scholar. Studied in Rome, then adopted ascetic life. Eventually settled in Bethlehem. Main translator of the Vulgate

(330/347-420). Biblical scholar. Studied in RomeRome This Italian city was the capital of the Roman Empire and, with the primacy accorded to the bishops of Rome (the popes), the centre of the Western Church from the late-Antique period onwards. Rome was not only the administrative centre, but an important source of innovation, relics and liturgy. Missionaries from Rome played an important role in the conversion of Anglo-Saxon England from late 6th century onward., then adopted ascetic life. Eventually settled in Bethlehem. Main translator of the VulgateVulgate Latin version of the Bible most widely used in the West. Assembled by St Jerome from the various Old Latin versions of the Bible and his translations of Greek and Hebrew texts around the end of the fourth century.