Saint Jerome
Religious statue of Saint Jerome. Born 350 Deceased, 420 Jerome was highly literate and was appointed secretary to Pope Damasus at an early age. He was a biblical scholar whose most important work was a translation of the Bible into Latin. He went to the Holy Land in 385 and settled in Bethlehem in 386 where he remained for a number of years. He lived to be quite elderly, 70 years was a very long life in the 4th century. St. Jerome's feast day is September 30th. Made of resin and hand painted.
Religious statue of Saint Jerome. Born 350 Deceased, 420 Jerome was highly literate and was appointed secretary to Pope Damasus at an early age. He was a biblical scholar whose most important work was a translation of the Bible into Latin. He went to the Holy Land in 385 and settled in Bethlehem in 386 where he remained for a number of years. He lived to be quite elderly, 70 years was a very long life in the 4th century. St. Jerome's feast day is September 30th. Made of resin and hand painted.
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Religious statue of Saint Jerome. Born 350 Deceased, 420 Jerome was highly literate and was appointed secretary to Pope Damasus at an early age. He was a biblical scholar whose most important work was a translation of the Bible into Latin. He went to the Holy Land in 385 and settled in Bethlehem in 386 where he remained for a number of years. He lived to be quite elderly, 70 years was a very long life in the 4th century. St. Jerome's feast day is September 30th. Made of resin and hand painted.
