Proclivis est enim malorum aemulatio, et quorum virtutes assequi nequeas, cito imitaris vitia. - Jerome
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Proclivis est enim malorum aemulatio, et quorum virtutes assequi nequeas, cito imitaris vitia.
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Jerome
Saint Jerome (c. 347 – 30 September 420), full name Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus, is best known as the translator of the Bible from Greek and Hebrew into Latin. Jerome's edition, the Vulgate, is still the official biblical text of the Roman Catholic Church. He is canonized in all Christianity and recognized by the Vatican as a Doctor of the Church.
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Alternative Names:
Saint Jerome
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St. Jerome
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Hieronymus
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Saint Heronimos
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Saint Hieronymus
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Eusebius Hieronymus
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Jerome of Stridon
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Sofronius Eusebius Hieronymus
as by the favour of the sovereign those guilty of various crimes are released from prison, and each one, according to his toil and exertions, is in this or that condition of life, so too the penny, as it were by the favour of our Sovereign, is the discharge from prison of us all by baptism. Now our work is, according to our different virtues, to prepare for ourselves a different future.