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Icons of St. Jerome of
Bethlehem, Priest and Abbot
Feast: Sept. 30
St. Jerome,
a formative figure for the West's patristic Liturgy, is known for many
learned writings but especially for his translations of the Scriptures
which gave the Orthodox West its first accurate translations of
biblical texts.
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unknown provenance, French inscription.
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by the hand of Maria Ciucur, of Romania.
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by the hand of iconographer Michael Garrett of holy-icons.com
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from an unknown source, with Greek inscription.
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from the Codices Electronici Ecclesiae Coloniensis website
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Icon: a manuscript illumination from a manuscript in the British
Library. This image is a thumbnail; click on it to see more
detail.
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Icon: another illumination from a manuscript in the British Library.
The text is a letter St. Jerome wrote to Paulinus, a contender for the
throne of Antioch.
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Icon: by the hand of iconographer Elisabeth Lamour.
Next Icon: from St. Meletios
Monastery in Oinoi, Greece (hosted at OramaWorld Religious Goods
website)
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by the hand of Mary Sullivan Coit
Final Icon:
from a pre-Schism Anglo-Saxon manuscript
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