Today Is September 30

Jerome of Stridon, commonly known as Saint Jerome, was a Latin priest, theologian, and historian. His feast day is September 30.

In 405, Jerome completed the most important of his works; a version of the Old Testament from the original Hebrew text, Prior to Jerome's Vulgate, all Latin translations of the Old Testament had been based on the Septuagint not the Hebrew.

His Vulgate Bible became the standard Bible of the western world throughout the Middle Ages and the basis for many translations.

Saint Jerome by Matthias Stom, 1635

Jerome died near Bethlehem on September 30, 420.  He is recognized as the patron saint of translators, librarians and encyclopedists.

In art, Jerome is often represented as one of the four Latin doctors of the Church along with Augustine, Ambrose, and Pope Gregory I.