Jerome, Illustrious Men 5.5-21
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Context
Among his many works, St. Jerome wrote a catalog of renowned thinkers
of the Roman world during the first years after his move from Rome to Bethlehem. In
mostly brief sketches he describes the intellectual achievements, particularly writings,
of 135 men, many leaders in the early Church. In his life of St. Paul, he summarizes the
events of his captivity under the governor Festus at Caesarea and delivery to
Rome.
Text
Et quia in Actis Apostolorum plenissime de eius conversatione scriptum
est, hoc tantum dicam, quod post passionem Domini vicesimo quinto anno, id est, secundo
Neronis eo tempore quo Festus, procurator Iudeae, successit Felici, Romam vinctus
mittitur et biennium in libera manens custodia adversum Iudeos de adventu Christi
cottidie disputavit.
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Textual Note
Ed. Bernoulli 1895Translation
And because there is a
full account of his conduct in the Acts of the Apostles, I will only say
this: in the twenty-fifth year after our Lord’s Passion, that is, in the second of Nero [56
C.E.], at the time when when Festus succeeded Felix as governor of Judaea, (Paul) was sent
to Rome in chains. Remaining there for two years in open custody, he carried on daily
debates against the Jews concerning the coming of Christ.
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Translation Note
Adapted from Schaff 1892 and Halton 1999Works Cited
- 1 Jerome, De Viris Inlustribus: Machine Readable Text, ed. Carl Albrecht Bernoulli (Madison, WI: Google; University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2009), p: 9, line: 15-21.
- 2 Jerome, Saint Jerome: On Illustrious Men, trans. Thomas P. Halton, The Fathers of the Church: A New Translation (Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 1999), p: 12, ch: 5.5.
Additional Bibliography
- Jerome, Saint Jerome: On Illustrious Men, trans. Thomas P. Halton, The Fathers of the Church: A New Translation (Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 1999)
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Joseph L. Rife, “Jerome, Illustrious Men 5.5-21,” in Caesarea Maritima: A Collection of Testimonia, entry published June 30, 2023, https://caesarea-maritima.org/testimonia/286.
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