FD of St. Jerome (d 420) who translated the entire Bible from the original Hebrew and Greek into Latin--much of the work completed in a cave in Bethlehem, where he studied with local rabbis. His two passions were scholarship and controversy--the latter earning him many foes.
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In this pursuit he brought vast rhetorical skills, a capacity for intellectual overkill, and a taste for personal sarcasm. Of one of his enemies he wrote: "If he will only conceal his nose and keep his tongue still he may be taken to be both handsome and learned."
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A later pope, observing a painting of Jerome striking his breast with a rock, remarked: "It is a good thing for that stone, or you would not be counted as a saint today." A fitting patron not only for Catholic scholars but for #CatholicTwitter.
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