Feast day September 30
St. Jerome
Translator of the Vulgate · 347–420
For those who meet Christ in His Word, verse by verse.
In their words
Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ.
Life
Ascetic scholar from Dalmatia who retreated to a cave near Bethlehem to translate the Bible into Latin — the Vulgate, which shaped Western Christendom for a thousand years. Known for his sharp temper and sharper pen. Doctor of the Church.
A prayer
Before Reading Scripture
"Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ." Open, O Lord, the book of Your Word, and the doors of my heart. Let me see You on every page, and hear You in every verse, that I might know You and be known by You.